After five weeks, the combination treatment in the six mice decreased
tumor size by up to 66 percent, compared with six mice treated with only paclitaxel.
In fact, a single dose decreased
tumor size by 60 percent over a three - week period.
Not exact matches
A combination of fostamatinib and paclitaxel reduced
tumor size in six mice
by up to 87 percent, compared with no shrinkage in six untreated animals after three weeks.
In one approach, proteins coating injectable nano -
size magnetic particles home in on
tumors and can be imaged
by an MRI machine.
Although it initially shrunk some of the
tumors, they grew back to four times their original
size by the end of the trial.
The
size difference between
tumor and healthy circulating DNA was initially discovered in animal
tumor models created
by inducing
tumors with human cancer cells.
It was observed to shrink
tumor size in humans
by up to 25 % in safety trials.
In two mouse models of pancreatic cancer, a single treatment consisting of intravenous delivery of the PMILs followed
by localized delivery of near - infrared light to the
tumor site via optical fibers resulted in significantly greater reduction in
tumor size than did either treatment with XL184 or PDT with BPD alone.
The targeted particles with the passports shrank
tumors by 25 % in a single day, while nanoparticles with the antibodies but without the peptide passports had no effect on the
tumor size.
A pre-surgery
tumor size of greater than three centimeters was associated with worse LC, but local recurrence was not significantly affected
by the number of brain metastases or the patients» histology or graded prognosis assessments.
In terms of non-treatment factors, only
tumor size impacted LC, as determined
by multivariate Cox regression analysis.
Patients were stratified
by number of brain metastases (1 vs. 2 - 3), primary cancer type (melanoma vs. other histology) and pre-operative
tumor size (less than vs. greater than three centimeters).
While transplantation of T cells alone had only little impact on
tumor size in cancerous mice, the researchers achieved substantial regression of the cancer
by transplanting both T cells and activated eosinophils.
In a 2009 paper published in Nature Materials, Mooney demonstrated that this could be achieved
by loading a porous scaffold — about the
size of a dime — with
tumor antigen as well as a combination of biological and chemical components meant to attract and activate dendritic cells.
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.
In six of the 13 patients, all
tumors decreased in
size by at least 50 %.
Primary
tumor size was measured
by weight, and the number of metastases was determined
by counting lung metastatic lesions.
CDB4124, the progestin antagonist, initially caused the
tumors to regress, but after 35 days, the
tumors began growing again;
by seven weeks they were about 50 percent larger than their original
size.
CT scans can often show the
size and locations of brain abnormalities caused
by tumors, blood vessel defects, blood clots, and other problems.
By engineering the devices to release their payloads only once they reach the site of the
tumor, the researchers hope to reduce the
size of dosages required and also limit the side effects of conventional treatments.
Only three of the 56
tumors progressed (5 %), growing in
size by 20 percent or more during the treatment phase.
It's easy to imagine that a drug for cancer can be tested
by measuring the
size of
tumors in patients who take the drug, compared with those that don't.
Wight's phenomenal
size is caused
by a
tumor formed on his pituitary gland that caused growth spurts from the age of nine on.
Hyperthermia, or heat therapy, is acknowledged
by the American Cancer Society as a «promising» way to improve cancer treatment, while the National Cancer Institute reports heat therapy has been shown to reduce
tumor size is some cases.
Only email me if you have UTERINE
tumor the
size of 9 cm or larger and have done something naturally
by eating to help shrink it.
The type appropriate to treat your pet's
tumor will be determined
by the biopsy results, surgical resectability of the
tumor, and
size and location of the
tumor.
Blind dog, dog with ping - pong ball -
sized tumor and others had not been treated
by a vet.
In addition, many owners will report a waxing and waning
size of the
tumor, which can occur spontaneously, or can be produced
by agitation of the
tumor, causing degranulation.
can a mammary
tumor be reduced in
size by aspiration?
I've seen softball
sized mammary
tumors that have been slowing getting larger and larger over months before the client decides to have it checked, and often
by that time, the
tumor has spread to other organs and there isn't much I can do to help save the pet.
Tumor size seems to reduce more rapidly with SRT, often shrinking
by 50 % or more within the first 3 - 4 months after treatment.
Because most bone
tumors are removed
by amputating the entire limb, chemotherapy is not usually used to reduce the
size of the
tumor.