Sentences with phrase «very aggressive tumors»

The team was surprised to observe that these very aggressive tumors arise from mature, pigment - producing cells called melanocytes.

Not exact matches

«Finding which mechanisms determine why melanoma is so aggressive is very complex because more than 80,000 mutations have been described for this tumor,» says Direna - Alonso Curbelo, the article's first author.

In tests in mice with a very aggressive form of melanoma, the researchers found they could stop tumor growth by delivering this engineered form of IL - 2, along with antibody drugs, once a week.

A doctor treating a patient with a potentially fatal metastatic breast tumor would be very pleased to find, after administering a round of treatment, that the primary tumor had undergone a change in character — from aggressive to static, and no longer shedding cells that can colonize distant organs of the body.

So it's generally a very aggressive type of tumor.

«Aggressive meningiomas are very insidious tumors.

These tumors range from very well - demarcated benign tumors to highly aggressive and infiltrating carcinomas.

«We did surgery because such tumors are very aggressive, and without expeditious resection, it could fast become unresectable,» Liu said.

Also, PSA tests can detect small prostate cancers, including some very slow - growing tumors that are unlikely to be life - threatening and may not add any relevant information about aggressive prostate tumors that are already spreading.

Usually in these cases, the tumors are very aggressive and have a much worse prognosis, especially if using conventional methods alone.

Even with aggressive surgery, the tumor recurrence rate is very high (at least 50 % by 6 months after surgery).

The tumors are very aggressive and metastatic, so it is a fair assumption that at the time of diagnosis the disease will have already spread beyond the primary site.

Based on Boone's initial CT scan, surgery would be very aggressive and unlikely be able to remove all of the tumor.

These tumors are called vaccine - associated sarcomas and are very aggressive, rapidly growing cancerous tumors.

Grade 3 tumors are poorly differentiated, very aggressive, and most likely to rapidly metastasize.

It can sometimes be treated successfully with surgery - but the surgery must be very aggressive, removing a large amount of tissue surrounding the tumor - possibly even bone.

Occasionally, mammary tumors will develop in male dogs and these are usually very aggressive and have a poor prognosis.

Some tumors are very slow growing, starting deep in the bone, while others are aggressive and grow quickly.

Unfortunately, in cats there is a 90 % chance that mammary tumors are malignant and they usually spread rapidly to adjacent lymph nodes, making this a very aggressive cancer with a poor prognosis.

He had a type of skin tumor that can be very aggressive when they adopted him, as well as some significant dental disease.

«Miss Gigi has been fighting very aggressive Mast cell tumors since July of 2017.

In some cases, the tumor has grown very large or an owner may not wish to pursue aggressive treatments.

Osteosarcoma is a very aggressive and rapidly spreading tumor with even microscopic (not visible to the naked eye) spread assumed at the time of diagnosis.

Ni had a very aggressive form of cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma and the tumor cells extended all the way to the margins.