ctSearch Results
Original Query
What is cancer microsphere?
Search Results
- cancer microsphere
Preview- One can recognize, clinical trials have confirmed that liver (i.e., hepar) cancer patients treated with SIR-Spheres microspheres have response rates higher than those with other forms of treatment. Clinical, having to do with the examination and treatment of patients. Liver is a large organ located in the upper abdomen (i.e., venter). The liver cleanses the blood and aids (i.e., acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) in digestion by secreting bile (i.e., gall). Response is in medicine, an improvement related to treatment. Liver cancer, primary liver cancer is cancer that forms in the tissues of the liver. Secondary liver cancer is cancer that spreads to the liver from another part of the body.
- It could seem to be apparant that, concluded that, with a median (i.e., medianus (i.e., anal orifice)) time to cancer progression within the liver of over one year, radioactive (i.e., radio-) microspheres including Yttrium-90 in addition to FOLFOX4 provide impressive anticancer responses among patients with inoperable liver metastasis (i.e., secondaries) from colorectal cancer. Liver metastasis, cancer that has spread from the original (primary) tumor (i.e., neoplasm) to the liver. Yttrium is a metal of the rare earth group of elements. A radioactive form of yttrium may be attached to a monoclonal antibody or other molecule that can locate and bind to cancer cells and be used to diagnose or treat some types of cancer. Radioactive, giving off radiation (i.e., radiatio). Inoperable, describes a condition that cannot be treated by surgery. Median is a statistics term. The middle (i.e., medius) value in a set of measurements. Colorectal cancer, cancer that develops in the colon (the longest part of the large intestine (i.e., bowel, or gut) (i.e., intestinum crassum)) and/or the rectum (the last several inches of the large intestine before the anus). Colorectal, having to do with the colon or the rectum. FOLFOX is an abbreviation for a combination chemotherapy regimen that is used to treat colorectal cancer. Therapy, treatment. It includes the drugs leucovorin (i.e., folinic acid (i.e., citrovorum factor, or leucovorin)) calcium (folinic acid), fluorouracil, and oxaliplatin. Oxaliplatin is a drug used with other drugs to treat colorectal cancer that is advanced or has come back. It is also being studied in the treatment of other types of cancer. Oxaliplatin attaches to DNA in cells and may kill cancer cells. It is a type of platinum compound. Also called Eloxatin. There are several different FOLFOX regimens, including FOLFOX-4, FOLFOX-6, modified FOLFOX-6 (mFOLFOX-6), and FOLFOX-7. They differ in the doses and ways in which the three drugs are given. Also called FOLFOX regimen. Metastasis is the spread of cancer from one part of the body to another. A tumor formed by cells that have spread is called a metastatic tumor or a metastasis. The metastatic tumor contains cells that are like those in the original (primary) tumor. The plural form of metastasis is metastases (meh-TAS-tuh-SEEZ). Progression is in medicine, the course of a disease, such as cancer, as it becomes worse or spreads in the body.
- One can recognize, patients with liver metastasis from colorectal cancer may wish to speak with their physician regarding their individual risks and benefits of participating in a clinical trial further evaluating radioactive microspheres or other novel therapeutic approaches. Physician, medical doctor. Therapeutic, having to do with treating disease and helping healing take place.
