Sentences with phrase «term tumor control»

While digital SCC is typically cured with surgery alone, digital melanomas are typically more aggressive requiring both surgery and systemic therapy to achieve long - term tumor control.

Not exact matches

Researchers have created a new drug delivery system that could improve the effectiveness of an emerging concept in cancer treatment — to dramatically slow and control tumors on a long - term, sustained basis, not necessarily aiming for their complete elimination.

The authors uncover the cellular and molecular mechanisms, as well as the gene network regulated by Sox9 during the early steps of skin tumor initiation and demonstrates that Sox9 controls the long term maintenance and expansion of oncogene expressing cells by promoting self - renewing division and inhibiting differentiation.

Incompletely removed tumors can be treated with a course of radiation therapy for excellent long term control.

Not only does this help them with long term health (spaying helps prevent uterine infections and breast tumors, and neutering helps prevent testicular cancer and prostate problems), it also helps control the pet population.

Regrettably, dogs and cats develop a number of benign and cancerous tumors that require aggressive surgery for a cure or to provide long - term control.