Sentences with phrase «with aggressive forms»

For years, scientists have observed that tumor cells from certain breast cancer patients with aggressive forms of the disease contained low levels of mitochondrial DNA.

With our colleagues from National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan, we found that an increased level of this protein is associated with aggressive forms of ovarian cancer that are more likely to be resistant to chemotherapy and lead to death.»

The senator from Arizona returned Monday to Washington, DC, less than a week after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer and less than two weeks after he had brain surgery.

Thomas» wife Gemma died in November after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of acute myeloid leukaemia.

Then he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

One of those early patients was a young girl named Emily Whitehead who arrived in June's clinic, «on death's door,» with an aggressive form of relapsed childhood leukemia.

In January, Mike Majerus, a geneticist and passionate evolution advocate at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, lost a short battle with an aggressive form of mesothelioma, which had been diagnosed just 2 months before.

Grima used two mouse models of Huntington's disease: one with a human version of the mutant Huntingtin protein and another with an aggressive form of the disease that contains only the first portion of the mouse Huntingtin protein.

Scientists exploit gene therapy to shrink tumors in mice with an aggressive form of breast cancer.

This gene finding may allow scientists to identify patients with this aggressive form of the cancer and target them with additional therapies.

The researchers looked at one hundred seventy - seven men with an aggressive form of prostate cancer who had submitted to prostatectomies and were at high risk for recurrence.

Hi Martina, I had been following SKD for about 2 months at the time I was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer.

More than two years later, just days after being diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, Kilmister died at about 4:00 p.m. Pacific Time in his two - bedroom apartment not far from his favorite hang - out, the Rainbow Bar & Grill, on Sunset Boulevard, where he was often enthralled in the playing of a particular video game.

For those of you who have been following Barret's story, he was diagnosed with an aggressive form of canine cancer following a surgery to remove a lump.

My 2 - legged dad was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer the year before I came into their lives.

When my German shepherd, Sadie, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of lymphoma, several friends recommended that I contact Baring Boulevard Veterinary Hospital.

She was diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, and we were informed that surgery would not extend her life.

This can make it really difficult to hear the news that your beloved canine has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of cancer, arthritis, abnormal heart rhythms or other signs of less than ideal health.

✓ Integrated a baby with an aggressive form of ADHD into a regular playgroup by providing intensive intervention during the class session.

Faced with an aggressive form of cancer, the 11 - year - old from Newburgh, Ind., clung to her passions: her love of animals, food (crab legs were her favorite), family, fun, and all things bling.

Not exact matches

On Tuesday, McCain returned to Washington shortly after doctors diagnosed him with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

«It's an aggressive form of bone cancer that's treated with a very harsh regime of chemotherapy and surgery or possible amputation of the affected limb.

Soon after learning she was pregnant with twins, doctors informed her that a form of cervical cancer had returned and it was aggressive.

, who runs a family medical practice in Hoosick Falls and has noted rare and aggressive forms of cancer in patients, was not allowed to attend the meeting with the governor.

Metastasis, the strategy adopted by tumor cells to transform into an aggressive form of cancer, are often associated with a gloomy prognosis.

While there have been improvements in the current standard treatments, patients with glioblastoma (GBM), the most common and aggressive form of brain tumor, still suffer from a median survival rate of only 14.6 months and 5 - year overall survival rates of less than 10 %.

Glioblastoma multiforme is the most common and aggressive form of brain cancer, with a median survival of about 15 months.

«This study forms the basis for future research in patients with breast cancer and offers hope for targeted therapy for patients with aggressive triple - negative inflammatory breast cancer,» said lead researcher Mateusz Opyrchal, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Oncology at RPCI.

Women with the variant were at much higher risk for cancer, had more recurrences, were often hit with multiple cancers and were more likely to die from aggressive forms of these diseases.

The study evaluated 56 patients with ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma (CCA), an aggressive form of ovarian cancer that is more likely to be resistant to chemotherapy and to have a poorer prognosis than other forms of this disease.

Recently, teaming up with co-investigator Associate Professor Dr. Rolf A. Brekken, they looked into its possible involvement in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDA), the most common form of pancreatic cancer, in a mouse model with an early onset aggressive form of tumor development.

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.

«What began with the question «what makes a particular aggressive form of breast cancer cells keep growing?»

Women with particularly aggressive forms of breast cancer could be identified by a test that predicts whether the disease is likely to spread to the brain.

They are hypothesized to be the cells that undergo cancerous transformation and cause Merkel cell carcinoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer with no effective treatment.

When the investigators analyzed the genes of MECs infected with EBV, they found genetic characteristics associated with high - grade, estrogen - receptor - negative breast cancer (an aggressive form of the disease).

Additionally, a form of indolent B cell lymphoma, which progresses slowly with only mild symptoms, can transform without warning into an aggressive form of the disease.

This is the first population - based study to compare the follow - up intensity of American men with prostate cancer who have not undergone aggressive treatment with those who opted to undergo various forms of aggressive therapy, such as surgery and radiation.

The researcher highlights that «the subtype Epi - Luminal B behaves particularly aggressive form, and is associated with reduced survival of patients.

Men with BRCA1 / 2 mutations who develop prostate cancer tend to develop these cancers at an earlier age than average and may develop more aggressive forms of the disease.

Glioblastoma is the most common and the most aggressive form of brain cancer in adults, with average survival after diagnosis of around 15 months.

My honours project was centred upon exploring mechanisms that allow for the progression of Inflammatory Breast Cancer, a highly rare and aggressive form of advanced breast cancer, and whether we could target these previously unknown mechanisms with novel therapeutics.

They found that when an MS - like disease was induced in mice genetically engineered to be deficient in Tob1, the mice had significantly earlier onset compared with wild - type mice, and developed a more aggressive form of the disease.

In 2001, doctors diagnosed then - four - year - old Jimmy Mohan with rhabdomyosarcoma, an aggressive form of childhood cancer.

Patients with this form of AML are routinely treated in a more aggressive manner than patients who lack the mutation.

The study, run by Washington University and the University of California San Diego, used 33 lab mice with glioblastoma, an aggressive form of brain cancer.

Testing indicated that Jolie had a gene variant associated with very aggressive form of this cancer, so she opted for a double mastectomy.

Low Cholesterol May Shrink Risk for High - Grade Prostate Cancer Men with lower cholesterol are less likely than those with higher levels to develop high - grade prostate cancer, an aggressive form of the disease with a poorer prognosis, according to results of a Johns Hopkins collaborative study.

One of the SNPs is located on the X chromosome and the other SNP is located on chromosome 2p15 and is associated with a more aggressive form of prostate cancer.

Although some tumors may be formed by initiating cells that do not resemble stem cells, it is likely that stem cell — like tumor cells are more aggressive at forming tumors, with a higher likelihood of relapse and metastasis.