Sentences with phrase «treat by chemotherapy»

«Pancreatic cancer is extremely hard to treat by chemotherapy, so this finding is important because vitamin A targets the non-cancerous tissue and makes the existing chemotherapy more effective, killing the cancer cells and shrinking tumours.

In the study, patients who received cediranib in addition to chemotherapy had greater tumour shrinkage than those treated by chemotherapy plus placebo (66 % versus 42 %).

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Doxorubicin is a chemotherapy drug used to treat a wide range of cancers by preventing cancer cells from replicating.

«Cervical cancer patients are currently treated as a uniform group based on chemotherapy and radiation regimens that help the largest percentage of people; however, one third of these patients are not helped by standard therapies,» Banister said.

«By treating with chemotherapy, we're driving cells through a transition state and creating vulnerabilities,» said first author Aaron Goldman, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in biomedical engineering at BWH.

They compared the effectiveness of the combination treatments with just treating the leukemia by chemotherapy or inhibitors alone.

«They also suggest that low - dose metronomic chemotherapy or targeting the chemokine signaling mediated by chemo - treated fibroblasts may improve the therapeutic outcome in desmoplastic cancers.»

By the time of diagnosis the majority of women with ovarian cancer already have extensive spread of the disease which makes it difficult to treat by surgery or chemotherapBy the time of diagnosis the majority of women with ovarian cancer already have extensive spread of the disease which makes it difficult to treat by surgery or chemotherapby surgery or chemotherapy.

In one example highlighted by the researchers, mouse models of T - ALL were treated either with a combination of mTOR inhibitor pp242 and the chemotherapy drug AraC, or they were treated with just AraC or pp242.

A blood cancer characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal white blood cells, AML is typically treated with chemotherapy, in some cases followed by a stem cell transplant.

The addition of high doses of a form of vitamin A could help make chemotherapy more successful in treating pancreatic cancer, according to an early study by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).

«CRKII most likely regulates the stability of mutated epidermal growth factor receptors and drives cancer growth by promoting signaling, or communication, within cancer cells,» said Julia Petschnigg, lead author on the paper and a postdoctoral fellow at U of T. «We found that a combinatorial chemotherapy that inhibits those mutated receptors and CRKII could be beneficial in treating lung cancer.»

«Drug could limit spread of deadly brain tumors: Study shows PPF could help treat glioblastomas by sensitizing tumors to chemotherapy, radiation treatments.»

A drug used to treat men with late - stage prostate cancer proved effective in stemming progression of the disease in research participants who had not yet received chemotherapy and extended their survival, according to results from a multi-national Phase III clinical trial led by the Knight Cancer Institute at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU).

Dronabinol was approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than 25 years ago to treat nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients.

As part of the new study, the researchers showed that intact axons without Phr1 were protected from the damage caused by vincristine, a chemotherapy drug used to treat leukemia, neuroblastoma, Hodgkin's disease and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, among other cancers.

Based on an analysis of existing evidence, published in an opinion article in the Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology journal on January 20, Dr. Narod argues that to achieve a cure, rather than simply delay progression or reoccurrence of the disease, women should be first treated with aggressive surgery to remove all clinically - detectable cancer cells, followed by targeted chemotherapy to the abdomen (intraperitoneal chemotherapy).

By contrast, a signal of tumor activity increased sixty-fold in mice treated with the widely used chemotherapy drug gemcitabine.

They confirmed this by showing that tumor growth was reduced in mice treated with an antibody drug that targets TIM - 3 and the chemotherapy agent paclitaxel, as compared to treatment with paclitaxel alone.

The study by researchers at King's College Hospital and the University of Southampton suggests that adding nutraceuticals to chemotherapy cycles may improve the effectiveness of conventional drugs, particularly in hard to treat cancers, such as pancreatic cancer.

The evidence for benefits was strongest for treating chronic pain, reducing chemotherapy - induced nausea and vomiting, multiple sclerosis patients have reported that it reduces spasticity — muscle tightness and movement difficulties — although when the measurements are taken by a doctor the evidence of reduced spasticity was weaker.

There is «conclusive or substantial evidence» that marijuana or related compounds can effectively treat chronic pain, nausea caused by chemotherapy treatment for cancer, and spasticity caused by multiple sclerosis, according to a report published today by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

They analyzed the association between body mass index (weight divided by height) and progression - free survival (PFS) and overall survival (OS) in six independent cohorts of patients treated with targeted therapy, immunotherapy or chemotherapy in pivotal trials that led to FDA approval of these drugs.

The multicentre trial included 153 patients with surgically - treatable malignant pleural mesothelioma, who were first treated with three chemotherapy cycles of cisplatin and pemetrexed, followed by surgical removal of affected lung tissue, with the goal of complete removal of the cancerous areas of lung.

Colorectal cancer (cancer of the colon / rectum) can be successfully treated by surgical resection of the metastases in combination with chemotherapy.

However the team from the Krebs Institute for Nucleic Acids at the University of Sheffield found that the key to preventing resistance to a common class of chemotherapy used to treat breast and colon cancer is to change the speed in which the cancer cells repair damage to their DNA that is introduced by chemotherapy.

A stem cell - based method created by University of California, Irvine scientists can selectively target and kill cancerous tissue while preventing some of the toxic side effects of chemotherapy by treating the disease in a more localized way.

«These tumors occur in up to 23,000 Americans annually, and are typically treated with surgical resection of the tumor followed by chemotherapy and radiation treatment.»

«Transplantation allows clinicians to treat the cancer most effectively by using more intense doses of chemotherapy than can typically be given, while avoiding fears of wiping out the bone marrow.

The study, led by Deborah Armstrong at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center in Baltimore, Maryland, builds upon evidence from eight other clinical trials showing an overall survival benefit of approximately one year for women treated with IP chemotherapy after «optimal debulking» — surgery to remove most, if not all, of the cancer in the abdomen.

Difficult to treat and aggressive «triple - negative» breast cancer is chemoresistant even before chemotherapy begins, a new study by researchers from Karolinska Institutet and the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...

Glioblastoma is typically treated with surgery, followed by radiation and chemotherapy.

Research by the Baruch S. Blumberg Institute's Pennsylvania Cancer and Regenerative Medicine Research Center suggests that the use of HIV drugs can allow for lower doses of chemotherapy in treating breast cancer, reducing side effects

ARANESP ® is also used to treat anemia caused by chemotherapy used to treat some types of cancer.

A chemotherapy drug used to treat brain cancer may increase vulnerability to depression by stopping new brain cells from growing, according to a new King's College London study out today in Translational Psychiatry.

The addition of high doses of a form of vitamin A could help make chemotherapy more successful in treating pancreatic cancer, according to an early study by Queen Mary University of London.

Patients are asked to take part in this research study because they have esophageal and gastroesophageal junction cancer treated with chemotherapy and radiotherapy followed by surgery (resected), but still have residual disease in resected tissue.

«We also identified a way to inhibit the SOX9 stabilization by treating the tumors with small molecular drugs, which made them less resistant to chemotherapy again.»

Patients are treated by a multi-disciplinary team that may include medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, neuro oncologists, internal medicine, family practice and radiology; board certified surgeons who are specialists in reconstructive, gynecologic, urologic and neurologic surgery; nurses specially trained in cancer treatment and certified to administer chemotherapy, counselors, who address a full range of psychosocial needs from diagnosis through bereavement; clergy to support all faiths; physical, occupational, speech and nutritional therapists.

We conducted a meta - analysis in nonmetastatic breast cancer patients treated by neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NCT) to assess the clinical validity of circulating tumor cell (CTC) detection as a prognostic marker.

The standard of care for locally advanced, which is usually treated by radiation and chemotherapy combination.

So much so, a type of fiber found in shiitake mushrooms is approved for use as adjunct chemotherapy, injected intravenously to help treat a variety of cancers by rallying our immune defenses.

Zadaxin ® is used to treat hepatitis B and C, and has been studied extensively for its ability to support an immune system that has been suppressed by chemotherapy in cancer patients.

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.

It did however spread to liver (another operation) and lung — the latter was caught very early, no op but seems to have been successfully treated by second, recent, chemotherapy.

TUESDAY, March 28, 2017 (HealthDay News)-- Zejula (niraparib) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adult women with recurring cancers of the ovaries, fallopian tubes or abdominal wall (peritoneum) whose tumors have shrunk in response to platinum - based chemotherapy.

Antiemetics: The antiserotonergic drugs that act on the serotonin receptors, such as ondansetron (Zofran), are important for treating nausea caused by chemical toxins, including drugs used in chemotherapy and general anesthesia.

These rays are used to kill cancer cells, shrink tumors, and treat cancers that are not affected by chemotherapy or safely removable by surgery.

Chemotherapy in Pets Might Not Be What You Think By Jocelyn Axelson, CVT Olive, a nine - year - old mixed - breed rat terrier, first came with her family to our oncology department in September 2016 looking for options to treat her recently diagnosed lymphoma.

This type of lymphoma is often treated with an oral chemotherapy agent that is administered by the owner at home.