Sentences with phrase «tumor tissues instead»

Researchers believe it is the largest epigenetic study yet for any single cancer type and, importantly, the first to use a large cohort of primary patient tumor tissues instead of cell lines grown in the laboratory.

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However, cancer cells may instead be coaxed to turn back into normal tissue simply by reactivating a single gene, according to a study that found that restoring normal levels of a human colorectal cancer gene in mice stopped tumor growth and re-established normal intestinal function within only 4 days.

Instead, tumors should be considered complex tissues in which the cancer cells communicate with the surrounding cellular microenvironment and evolve traits that promote their own survival.

Instead, tumors should be considered as complex tissues in which the cancer cells communicate directly and indirectly with the surrounding cellular microenvironment and evolve traits that promote their own survival.

She wonders, however, how useful the tool will be to surgeons, who would ideally have a complete image of the tumor margins before they cut into tissue, instead of having to feel out the tumor's edges by measuring single points with the iKnife.

(ISTOCKPHOTO) If you have early - stage breast cancer (stage I or II), chances are good that you'll be offered a lumpectomy, which takes out just the tumor and a thin margin of cancer - free tissue, instead of a mastectomy, which involves removal of the entire breast.

Instead, researchers measure a variety of inflammatory chemical markers in the blood or tissue, notably interleukin - 6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF), C - reactive protein, prostaglandins, and leukotrienes.

Instead, the tumor invades into the liver tissue.