Sentences with phrase «with leading cancer»

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Tough Mudder isn't curing cancer, but they do feel they're making the world a slightly better place by helping people lead more active lives and connect with each other.

The wrong set of changes to a single cell's genetic code, combined with other system breakdowns, can lead to cancer.

But researchers at the University of Aberdeen found that a treatment originally designed for fighting cancer and diabetes could melt away fatty arterial plaque with a single dosing and reverse the effects of atherosclerosis, which can lead to multiple heart problems.

«Through this collaboration with the cancer community's leading clinical and pathology experts, thousands of more patients can potentially benefit from the world's growing body of knowledge about this disease,» said IBM Research and Cognitive Solutions senior vice president John Kelly in a statement.

Marketing expert Brandon Mendelson had amassed nearly a million Twitter followers when he partnered with Dunkin' Donuts to lead a breast cancer — awareness tour of the U.S. in 2009.

So when a venture capitalist called last fall asking her to lead a small cancer startup, she jumped at the opportunity to focus on a single drug — with no bureaucracy or politics.

That debate, in case you're wondering, continues still, with some contending that the practice has led to cancer and other bad health outcomes.

Blankfein, who underwent chemotherapy for cancer more than two years ago, led the firm through the financial crisis in better shape than most rivals, and the company capitalized with record trading revenues.

April 16 Merck & Co's immunotherapy Keytruda plus chemotherapy significantly improved overall survival versus chemotherapy alone in newly - diagnosed patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer in a highly - anticipated study that appears to cement the company's lead in the most lucrative oncology market.

The drugs have led to major advances in treating cancer and other diseases, but often come with a massive price tag.

I've owned it for the past three years with a cost average of $ 4.64 - it's the future of cancer treatment in my opinion, with brain cancer patients living 7 plus years on its lead drug and impressive results in its second drug candidate for triple negative breast cancer.

Over the past two decades, Dr. Bear, a researcher and surgeon, has led international trials that have resulted in major changes in the treatment of breast cancer and dramatically increased the chance for breast conservation among women with breast cancer.

But experiencing four years of struggle with her family's health, legal cases involving her church's building, and her own encounter with cancer has led to a rethink around the place of a theology of suffering within the Vineyard context of heaven - on - earth healing.

Carl Garrigus writes a blog for RELEVANT about dealing with a cancer diagnosis and how this hard time has led him to seek God through prayer once again.

Similarly, the destruction of humankind would be no accident; the virus - cancer - evil empire view of reality, coupled with the admonition that Scripture and Jesus Christ authorize us to destroy those so characterized, are but an initial part of a definitional process leading to destruction.

Anybody with open eyes can see that this is not true, except for a few things like smoking leading to lung cancer.

Cooking at high temperature with non-stick pans can emit poisonous fumes that lead to cancer and birth defects.

Seven years ago, one of Paglione's uncles was diagnosed with cancer, which led him to build the greatest legacy.

Recognizing this, in October 2011 the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued new guidelines recommending that women be tested for cervical cancer with Pap tests (not HPV tests) every three years rather than annually because more frequent testing leads to overtreatment of low - grade changes that would in all likelihood not turn out to be cancerous.

She also plays an active part in the Trevor Project and has worked with the L.A Gay & Lesbian Center concerning homeless LGBT youth, has conducted fundraising for Susan G. Komen in honor of October being Breast Cancer Awareness month and recently led this year's 30th annual Aids Walk Los Angeles, cutting the starting ribbon for over 25,000 walkers.

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Also being considered is that every doorway must be labeled with the warning that exiting will expose you to harmful rays from the sun that cause cancer, and another that will warn you that staying inside leads to deadly obesity and robs you of vitamin D producing sunlight, this deficiency causes cancer.

Even if Dockins didn't have her brave fight with cancer prior to her stellar season, she'd still head into the postseason as the leading candidate to be the Cal - Hi Sports Ms. Softball State Player of the Year and the consensus national player of the year.

When current Colts head coach Chuck Pagano dealt with cancer that season, Arians took over a 1 - 2 team and led it to a 9 - 3 record before Pagano returned.

Barcelona boss Tito Vilanova's treatment for cancer has been well documented and having led the team to the summit of La Liga with a record points total, he departed the club in a dominant position.

For kids, many parents also try to avoid products with bisphenol - A (BPA) because of concerns about its potential to mimic estrogen, lead to reproductive problems, increase the risk of cancer and interfere with brain development and fat metabolism.

The summer months bring lots of outdoor fun, but too much time in the sun with too little protection can lead to skin damage and skin cancer.

«Mothers who don't discuss their results with their kids are relatively less satisfied and feel more conflicted,» says Kenneth Tercyak, director of behavioral prevention research at Georgetown Lombardi and lead author of the study published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

One study found that a minuscule amount of the stuff messes with a cell in ways that could lead to diabetes, asthma, or cancer.

Approximately 175000 cancer cases are diagnosed annually in children younger than age 15 years worldwide, 1 with an annual increase of around 0.9 % in incidence rate in the developed world, only partly explained by improved diagnosis and reporting.1, 2 Childhood cancer is rare and its survival rate has increased significantly over the years owing to advancement in treatment technologies; however, it is still a leading cause of death among children and adolescents in developed countries, ranking second among children aged 1 to 14 years in the United States, surpassed only by accidents.1, 3 Childhood cancer is also emerging as a major cause of death in the last few years in Asia, Central and South America, Northwest Africa, and the Middle East, where death rates from preventable communicable diseases are declining.2

Since 2008, the use of BPA in baby bottles has dropped out of favor with manufacturers, since BPAs have been associated with leading to certain cancers, disruptive to brain development and the reproductive system, including early onset of puberty.

«For women with a family history of breast cancer, this suggests an extra benefit [of breastfeeding] is, it may reduce the risk of breast cancer,» says Alison Stuebe, MD, an assistant professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the lead author of the study.

A White House official made light of Arizona Sen. John McCain's battle with brain cancer during an internal meeting, saying his opinion on the president's pick tp lead the CIA «doesn't matter (because) he's dying anyway.»

Breast Cancer Care, the leading breast cancer support and information charity in the UK, has produced a new report, backed by Age UK, that makes clear recommendations to improve outcomes and experiences for older women with breast cancer, a demographic proven to have poorer relative survival rates and an increased likelihood of presenting later with symptoms and of receiving non-standard treatCancer Care, the leading breast cancer support and information charity in the UK, has produced a new report, backed by Age UK, that makes clear recommendations to improve outcomes and experiences for older women with breast cancer, a demographic proven to have poorer relative survival rates and an increased likelihood of presenting later with symptoms and of receiving non-standard treatcancer support and information charity in the UK, has produced a new report, backed by Age UK, that makes clear recommendations to improve outcomes and experiences for older women with breast cancer, a demographic proven to have poorer relative survival rates and an increased likelihood of presenting later with symptoms and of receiving non-standard treatcancer, a demographic proven to have poorer relative survival rates and an increased likelihood of presenting later with symptoms and of receiving non-standard treatments.

Shaw was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year, an announcement that led to immediate speculation that he might not seek another term.

A coalition of nearly a dozen health groups, led by the American Cancer Society, is targeting Senate Republicans with petition drives, phone blitzes and social media posts asking them to «pick a side» between public health and big tobacco.

Dr. Taub, 79, a leading oncologist dedicated to cancer research, sent patients to Mr. Silver and his law firm, and Dr. Taub received state grants with the help of Mr. Silver, 71, then the speaker of the New York Assembly.

Health Commissioner Gale Burstein said tobacco products are heavily associated with heart disease, cancer and chronic lower respiratory diseases — leading causes of death in Erie County.

That's how Charles Sawyers, a 2009 Lasker Award winner and chair of human oncology and pathogenesis at Memorial Sloan - Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, made the connection with Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) that led to second - generation treatments for chronic myeloid leukemia (CML).

During this in depth study, an international team of researchers led by British scientists investigated the impact of anti-hormone therapy on samples taken from patients with prostate cancer.

Previous results from the trial have already changed clinical practice — data released last year has led to docetaxel chemotherapy now being part of the standard of care for many men with prostate cancer.

The study, led by Dr Len Stephens and Dr Phill Hawkins and published today in the journal Molecular Cell, reveals why loss of the PTEN gene has such an impact on many people with prostate cancer, as well as in some breast cancers.

That desire must have led the US surgeon to the first published account of «fever therapy» — treating cancer with pathogenic bacteria.

Zhang's work aligns with what Liselotte Brix hears from cancer genomicists about leading - edge research in the field.

Before they had to deal with heritable breast cancer and its lead agent, the BRCA1.185 delAG mutation, a previous generation of Ashkenazim had confronted Tay - Sachs, another genetic disease.

Prostate cancer (PC) is the second leading cause of male cancer death in the United States with an estimated 26,000 deaths in 2016.

«One of the toughest challenges of lung cancer is what to do for patients when the cancer comes back in an area that's been treated previously with radiation treatment,» said James J. Urbanic, M.D., lead author of the studies and a radiation oncologist at Wake Forest Baptist.

Now head and neck cancers associated with the virus are on the rise, leading some experts to recommend that a gender - neutral or male - centric approach might be more effective.

«Our findings suggest a paradigm shift from thinking of HPV16 as a single viral entity undergoing slow genetic drift to considering each HPV16 isolate to be a separate virus, with possibly different carcinogenic potential, which will necessarily lead to a re-interpretation of HPV natural history and carcinogenesis,» says lead author Lisa Mirabello of the National Cancer Institute, NIH.

For more than a quarter of a century, Baltimore has balanced his long hours as a leading scientific administrator — founder of the seminal Whitehead Institute, president of Rockefeller University and later, for nine years, of Caltech — with groundbreaking work in cancer, immunology, and AIDS research.