Sentences with phrase «traditional chemotherapy for»

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Traditional therapies for brain cancer — surgery, chemotherapy and radiation — haven't been very successful, says Memorial Sloan Kettering's Dr. Baselga, adding, «We have a tremendous need to develop new therapies, especially with children.»

New York, Wall Street Journal — Genomic Health Inc. has struck a deal to commercialize a new blood test that can help advanced prostate cancer patients decide whether to try costly new - generation drugs or rely on much cheaper traditional chemotherapy to improve their chances for survival.

«The current treatments for these cancers are limited to traditional chemotherapy and earlier generations of multiple kinase inhibitors.

When mutations do arise and cancer ensues, traditional chemotherapies have taken advantage of the universally - dividing behavior of cancer cells, attacking the cellular machinery necessary for division.

He said traditional drugs to treat tapeworm infection — which target the whole organism at the larval stage - might not have been effective against tapeworm cancer cells, and it's also unclear whether chemotherapy for normal human cancer cells could have helped shrink the tumors.

The researchers believe this approach can potentially be used to link hundreds of building blocks to create multidrug - carrying nanoparticles, and pave the way for entirely new types of cancer treatments, free from the damaging side effects that accompany traditional chemotherapy.

Traditional treatments for osteosarcoma include amputation of the affected limb to address local pain issues, followed by systemic chemotherapy for the treatment of distant metastasis.

Traditional medicine, such as surgery, chemotherapy and radiation, are commonly used for dogs with cancer.

It's highly unlikely that you'll be able to purchase traditional insurance if you are currently being treated for cancer with chemotherapy or radiation or if your cancer is diagnosed with an advanced stage.