Sentences with phrase «tumors in a subset of patients»

After a median follow - up of 22 months, the team found that the drugs were safe and shrank tumors in a subset of patients, with an overall response rate of 27 percent, which included complete responses in two patients and partial responses in four patients.

Not exact matches

If hypofractionated radiation with curative intent can reduce the treatment time for lung cancer patients by half with no greater toxicity, and with equivalent — if not better — tumor control and survival outcomes, this research could result in a change in the paradigm of how a large subset of locally advanced NSCLC patients are treated.»

For the subset of more recent patients, the researchers assessed tumor cell behavior — in particular, cancer cells» ability to cross the endothelium (inner layer) of blood vessels.

Therapies that prevent tumor blood vessel growth are often used in clinics to fight cancer — but they are only effective in a particular subset of patients.

The fusion of these two genes was observed in just three percent of tumors studied, so any therapy based on this particular genetic aberration would apply to only a small subset of glioblastoma patients.

Modeling mRNA expression heterogeneity in tumors through bimodal profiles is a novel powerful approach with the potential to uncover therapeutic targets that benefit subsets of cancer patients.