Science news articles about 'liver metastases'
Advances in liver surgery enable the prospect of curative treatment for more patients
... factors for survival and cancer recurrence of patients undergoing surgery for colorectal liver metastases are important for the selection of the best treatment options, improvements in surgical ...Unexplained liver hemorrhage after metastasis radiofrequency ablation
... the most common site involved. Although historically it was considered that liver metastases meant a very poor prognosis, today, due to improved systemic therapy, many patients will be ...Different type of colon cancer vaccine reduces disease spread, Jefferson scientists show
... University and his co-workers have shown that mice immunized with an intestinal protein developed fewer lung and liver metastases after injection with colon cancer cells than did ...Also in the June 24 JNCI
... Proteins May Be Effective Anti-Tumor Antigens Mice immunized with an intestinal protein developed fewer lung and liver metastases following injection with colon cancer cells than ...New oral angiogenesis inhibitor offers potential nontoxic therapy for a wide range of cancers
... . Notably, Lodamin accumulated in the liver without causing toxicity, preventing liver metastases and prolonging survival. "This was one of the most surprising things I saw," says Benny. "When I ...Experiments could lead to new treatments for neuroblastoma
... expressed the GRP receptors behaved as we expected with rapid growth as well as aggressive liver metastases. The implication is that the metastatic behavior of this cancer is driven by GRP and its ...A breakthrough in contrast-enhanced intraoperative ultrasonography
... conventional IOUS to identify new occult lesions during hepatectomy in patients with colorectal cancer liver metastases (CRCLM). However, conventional contrast mediums cannot provide enough time for ...Surgical treatment provides new option for some colorectal cancer patients
... professor of surgical oncology, and colleagues compared the outcomes of surgical removal of liver metastases from colorectal cancer, which is accepted as the treatment of choice, to the surgical ...Gene expression pattern predicts response in advanced bowel cancer
... to identify gene expression levels in samples taken from 19 colorectal cancer patients with liver metastases who had not yet started chemotherapy. They followed the patients to see who responded to ...NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia physician-scientists present at 2009 American Transplant Congress
... -- an indicator of inflammatory status previously established as a prognostic tool in colorectal liver metastases -- and found it to be an effective tool for predicting risk for tumor recurrence and ...What relates to the short-term effectiveness of biliary drainage?
... with more bile duct visualized on percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography or absence of multiple liver metastases on imaging studies had more bile output after biliary drainage [odds ratio (OR): 8. ...
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