Sentences with phrase «tumor size at»

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«Can this technique provide both EGFR mutation status information at the molecular level and precise anatomical information such as size, shape, NSCLC tumor location (s), and their relationship with adjacent structures?.»

Outcomes were excellent irrespective of patient age at diagnosis, tumor size, and tumor grade.

«Our study aimed to compare contrast - enhanced mammography with breast MRI in evaluating residual breast cancer in patients undergoing presurgical systemic treatment to shrink their tumor size,» says Bhavika Patel, M.D., a radiologist at Mayo Clinic's Arizona campus.

The cancer gene BRCA1, which keeps tumors in the breast and ovaries at bay by producing proteins that repair damaged DNA, may also regulate brain size.

Surgeons at the City of Hope Medical Center cut a tumor the size of a tennis ball out of the left side of Heil's brain.

In six of the 13 patients, all tumors decreased in size by at least 50 %.

Now, in a new study in the journal Cancer Cell, Shaw and a team of scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies found that phenformin, a derivative of the widely - used diabetes drug metformin, decreased the size of lung tumors in mice and increased the animals» survival.

Salk scientists found that the diabetes drug phenformin was effective at reducing tumor size in mice with lung cancer.

In a phase 1 trial, this checkpoint inhibitor reduced the size of tumors in 43 % of 67 patients with metastatic UBC, according to Thomas Powles, M.D., of the Barts Cancer Institute at the Queen Mary University in London.

A limitation of this study is the small sample size, limited to tumor samples from patients treated for thyroid cancer at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.

However, their large molecular size and high affinity to antigens at the tumor border limit the ability of antibodies to deeply penetrate tumor foci [1].

Realizing that a novel approach was necessary to reduce the size of the tumor, Dr. Sfakianos referred the patient to Matthew Galsky, MD, Professor of Medicine (Hematology and Medical Oncology) at the Icahn School of Medicine, and Director of Genitourinary Medical Oncology at The Tisch Cancer Institute.

At five months, when tumors had already began to form, there was little inhibitory effect observed when comparing tumor numbers or sizes to control groups.

When I had an ultrasound to look at the size and depth of the tumor within the muscle walls, part of my uterus was in the way.

Because her tumor was just a tad bigger than 1 centimeter (the size at which chemo is usually recommended), she was hoping to avoid the treatment.

Following lumpectomy alone, a patient typically «has roughly a 30 % to 40 % risk of breast cancer coming back in the same breast, depending on the size of the tumor and the histology [grade],» says Dennis E. Hallahan, MD, chairman of the department of radiation oncology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

VEGF stimulates the growth of new blood vessels, and without a new supply of blood a cancer tumor can't grow much larger than a dot the size of the period at the end of this sentence.

Due to the small number of cells injected, it takes at least two weeks before tumors are detectable in size (normally they would be visible in ten days).

Spenser has health issues like any elderly mammal, in his case: a ligament at the base of one fang sprang loose so he has a walnut - sized tumor - like thing on his jaw, doesn't seem to bother him but causes just awful bad breath; arthritis in all four corners; torn ACL on at least one hind leg; cataracts (can't hardly see) and can't hardly hear (== not afraid of thunderstorms anymore!)

Can the tumor be reduced in size and can the ulceration be at least delayed if fluid is removed from the tumor?

We also offer Reiki for animals which helps cancer, can at times reduce tumor size, and relieve other serious illness.

I recently saw a woman (at our vet) with a dog with a tumor the size of a baseball on his hind leg.

Percentages and number of cases over the total sample size for each neutering status group; intact and neutered early or late for male Golden Retrievers (1 — 8 years old) diagnosed with hip dysplasia (HD), cranial cruciate ligament tear (CCL), lymphosarcoma (LSA), hemangiosarcoma (HSA), and / or mast cell tumor (MCT) at the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California, Davis, from 2000 — 2009.

Up to 90 % of these tumors will have metastasized or spread to the lungs at the time of diagnosis, but because of the small initial size of the metastatic lesions, less than 10 % will initially show up on a chest x-ray.

Prognostic factors include location of the tumor and size of the tumor at surgical removal.

The purpose of our study was to determine if specific host factors, such as age at diagnosis, obesity, and hormone status, influence the prognosis of canine mammary gland carcinomas and to confirm if previously reported risk factors (ie, histologic subtype, tumor size, and World Health Organization [WHO] stage) were important in a large series of affected dogs.

Prognosis for mammary gland carcinomas depends on the size of the tumor at diagnosis as well as the biopsy results or tumor grade.

Michael decided to keep his tongue cancer a secret after his doctor, who'd found a walnut - size tumor at the base of his tongue, revealed the surgery could seriously impact his appearance.