Sentences with phrase «within most tumors»

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Although BRAF inhibitors rapidly and effectively shrink tumors, their success is limited because most tumors become resistant to the drugs within a few months.

Unfortunately, in most patients the melanoma recurs within a year because the tumor cells develop drug resistance.

Glioblastomas — the most common and aggressive brain tumors — are known to recur and progress within short times from the diagnosis.

«Metastatic brain tumors — often from lung, breast or skin cancers — are the most commonly observed tumors within the brain and account for about 40 percent of advanced melanoma metastases.

«Metastatic brain tumors — often from lung, breast or skin cancers — are the most commonly observed tumors within the brain and account for about 30 percent of advanced breast cancer metastases,» says Khalid Shah, MS, PhD, director of the Molecular Neurotherapy and Imaging Laboratory in the MGH Departments of Radiology and Neurology, who led the study.

While most types of primary brain cancer may spread within the brain, it is rare for a primary brain tumor to spread outside the brain.

According to recent research, the most common solid tumors (that is, cancer that occurs as clusters of cells in or on organs, rather than in liquid form within the blood or lymphatic system) have up to 66 mutations that influence how the cancer cells operate — how fast they divide, whether they are susceptible to the signals that would normally cause a cell to die, when they detach from the main tumor to colonize another organ in the body, when and where they attach blood vessels to healthy tissues.

His lab demonstrated that neoantigens (mutated proteins unique to cancerous cells) present in most or all cells within a tumor are much more likely to be effectively recognized by the immune system.

The most common cause of feline hyperthyroidism is development of an age - related benign tumor within the thyroid gland.

Most do turn out to have a tumor growing within the nasal passages and most of these tumors are malignMost do turn out to have a tumor growing within the nasal passages and most of these tumors are malignmost of these tumors are malignant.

Some thyroid nodules or tumors can be found by physical palpation of the thyroid gland in most cats, but about a third of hyperthyroid cats have thyroid tumors located within the thoracic cavity and can not be palpated.

With this option, the local control rate for melanomas is approximately 80 percent, with most dogs dying of tumor spread within four to six months.

Benign tumors are masses that for the most part stay contained within their own constraints, and do not typically invade surrounding tissues.

FeLV is a lifelong infection and unfortunately most cats will die within three years of diagnosis, usually from a subsequent disease like leukaemia, lymphoma (tumors) or progressive anaemia.

Even with the standard - of - care therapy of amputation and chemotherapy, the prognosis is poor, with most dogs dying due to tumor spread (metastasis) within one year, and less than 20 % surviving to 2 years following diagnosis.

While these tumors can occur anywhere within mammary tissue, they are most commonly found in the armpit, abdomen, and groin area.

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