Sentences with phrase «used for osteosarcoma»
At this time, they have had success in trials with mice with a drug currently used for osteosarcoma, a bone cancer.
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Similar protocols were used for immunoblot analysis of cell protein extracts from MC3T3 - E1 (mouse preosteoblasts), U-2 OS (human osteosarcoma), and C2C12 (mouse myoblasts with osteogenic potential).
Teriparatide (PTH) is the only agent currently approved for the formation of new bone, but its use is limited to two years due to a potential risk of osteosarcoma.
With other types of cancers (many sarcomas, carcinomas, etc.) surgery is the first line of therapy and chemotherapy may be used if after surgery the disease is still present microscopically at the surgical site or the cancer is determined to be at high risk for spread (e.g. osteosarcoma).
«I am excited by recent developments in immunotherapy for cancer, and I think this is an area we can use to treat osteosarcoma.»