Sentences with phrase «then by chemotherapy»

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The bottom line is that Gates gives this book his most enthusiastic endorsement, concluding: «I don't know how Kalanithi found the physical strength to write this book while he was so debilitated by the disease and then potent chemotherapy.

By including chemotherapy molecules in the nanoparticle structures when they are assembled, the molecules could be drawn into tumors — and then released with the application of a light at a shorter wavelength that triggers disassembly through photo - cleavage.

Inspired by his own bout of leukemia to try to find a better cancer treatment, retired broadcasting station owner Kanzius guessed that as an alternative to chemotherapy, he could inject tumors with metal ions, then use radio waves to heat the metal and destroy cancerous cells.

If anything, he says, the two approaches are complementary, as tumours softened up and then shrunk by chemotherapy could be finished off with blood - vessel blockers.

The researchers then exposed cells from each of these lines to a panel of 31 different drug treatments — including 23 chemotherapy compounds approved by the FDA for breast and ovarian cancers, six targeted cancer drugs, and two common drug combinations.

A major clinical trial randomizing patients to either initial surgery followed by chemotherapy, or chemotherapy then surgery, revealed no significant difference in overall survival between the groups.

The mice were then administered an inactive chemotherapy called prodrug 5 - flurocytosine, which was triggered into action by the tumor site enzymes.

His donated cells — which were not touched by chemotherapy — were then transplanted back into his body.

Inflammatory breast cancer is generally treated first with systemic chemotherapy to help shrink the tumor, then with surgery to remove the tumor, followed by radiation therapy.

One year ago, I was in the middle of chemotherapy, later followed by surgery and then radiation.

Should these tests confirm a diagnosis of cancer, the patient then may have a surgical procedure followed by chemotherapy treatment with the oncology department.

Ten dogs will then be randomly assigned to empiric rescue chemotherapy with lomustine, and 10 dogs will be randomly assigned to therapy with the single drug with best predicted activity by BDI.

Systemic chemotherapy involves the use of drugs that are given orally or by injection and then act throughout the body (systemic treatment).