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| | Cancer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Biopsy and microscopical examination can also distinguish between malignancy and hyperplasia, which refers to tissue growth based on an excessive rate of cell division, leading to a larger than usual number of cells but with a normal orderly arrangement of cells within the tissue. | | | Hematological malignancies, such as leukemia and lymphoma, arise from blood and bone marrow. | | | Prolonged exposure to radiation, particularly ultraviolet radiation from the sun, leads to melanoma and other skin malignancies. |
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| | Hematological Malignancies, University of Minnesota Cancer Center |
| | The hematological malignancy multidisciplinary program is actively engaged in both national and regional clinical trials for hematological malignant tumors. | | | If you take part in a clinical trial, you may benefit from a new drug, procedure, or symptom-control method while helping scientists evaluate its effectiveness. | | | You may search the Cancer Center's clinical trial database to find a current list of trials for lymphoma, myeloma, and leukemia, or contact our program coordinators. |
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| | Molecular genetic biomarkers in hematological malignancies. |
| | These concepts may provide the stage for the creation of chemoprevention studies in leukemia and lymphoma. | | | This makes them less amenable to conventional early screening methods such as imaging and observation. | | | Most hematopoietic malignancies are widely disseminated even in their "early" stages and often do not have a well-defined localized phase. |
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| | Title page for etd-0909104-145326 |
| | Conclusion: although our study is a primary result, study cases are varied, but it still provide important information that VEGF has an important role in hematological malignancies. | | | We will process further research of single and specific disease in the future to analyze the exact correlation of VEGF and hematological diseases. | | | This study will examine the VEGF secretary activity of malignant cells in the patients with hematologic malignancies. |
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http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0909104-145326
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| | Radiological Imaging in Hematological Malignancies - Compare Shop Books |
| | The third part documents the effects of therapy on each anatomical group of organs in patients treated in Hematology. | | | 25 Musculoskeletal Effects of Therapy in Patients Treated for Hematological Malignancies 485 | | | 23 The Treated Thorax in Patients with Hematological Malignancies 443 |
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| | Aspergillus/Aspergillosis website |
| | This assay has been evaluated with serum mainly from patients receiving treatment for hematological malignancies and although the specificity of the LA-test was high, substantial variation in sensitivity was observed (Table 1) (1,6-12). | | | Comparison of antigen detection and PCR assay using bronchoalveolar lavage fluid for diagnosing invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients receiving treatment for hematological malignancies. | | | 37 pediatric patients with hematological malignancies, including 15 BMT recipients |
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| | UPCI 02-03 sci. rpt. hematological malignancies overview |
| | The program intends their work to ultimately produce innovative and effective treatment methods for combating blood cancers. | | | Accordingly, much of the program's research is focused on the genetic and cellular origins of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloproliferative disorders, as well as the development of agents used in treating hematologic malignancies. | | | The Hematological Malignancies Program of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute investigates the mechanisms involved with the onset and progress of blood disorders, and also studies novel methods by which these processes can be altered. |
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| | ICML: Campath-1H and Rituximab for the Treatment of Hematological Malignancies |
| | ICML: Campath-1H and Rituximab for the Treatment of Hematological Malignancies | | | Title: ICML: Campath-1H and Rituximab for the Treatment of Hematological Malignancies | | | LUGANO, SWITZERLAND -- June 16, 2002 -- The combination of the monoclonal antibodies campath-1H and rituximab is safe and effective in patients with relapsed and/or refractory hematological malignancies, according to the results of an exploratory study. |
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| | Complex Medicine, a System of Healing Heart, Brain and Body, | | | Search News and Events Cancer News Archive Search the Archive Keyword all cancers anal cancer bladder cancer brain cancer/tumor breast cancer cervical cancer childhood cancers colon / rectal cancers... | | | Examples include: bladder carcinoma, blood (and bone marrow)- hematological malignancies, leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, multiple myeloma, brain tumor, breast cancer... |
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| | Encyclopedia: Anemia |
| | Although hematological malignancies are a form of cancer, they are generally treated by specialists in hematology, although in many hospitals oncology specialists also manage these diseases. | | | Leukemia (leukaemia in Commonwealth English) is a group of blood diseases characterized by malignancies (cancer) of the blood-forming tissues. | | | Hypogonadism is a medical term for a defect of the reproductive system which results in lack of function of the gonads (ovaries or testes). |
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| | A NOVEL VACCINE FOR HEMATOLOGICAL MALIGNANCIES USING DENDRITIC CELLS |
| | Such specific anti-leukemic donor CTLs may be utilized to maximize the anti-tumor effects of DLI in patients relapsing after allogeneic transplantation. | | | Allogeneic stem cell transplantation has a significant contribution to the improved outcome of patients with hematological malignancies. | | | Nevertheless, a significant proportion of patients suffer from recurrence of the disease, which ultimately leads to death. |
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| | Genes at Work - Lab Testing |
| | In some chronic hematologic disorders, longer incubation or short term stimulation with PHA or other mitogen may be required. | | | In the clinical setting, cytogenetic analysis has proven to be an invaluable tool in the diagnosis, prognosis, and management of hematologic malignancies. | | | Chromosomal abnormalities in hematological malignancies are strongly correlated with tumor type and may play a role in earliest stages of tumor initiation. |
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| | Cancer Cell Biology |
| | Haier, J. and Nicolson, G.L. Hematological malignancies in cancer research. | | | Researchers at the Institute for Molecular Medicine have found that multiple adhesive mechanisms are responsible for malignant cell adhesion to microvessel endothelial cells and to underlying subendothelial matrix, and they have begun to identify and isolate the receptors responsible. | | | Nicolson, G.L. and Nasralla, M. Advantages and limitations of models for cancer and malignant cell progression in breast cancer. |
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| | Listeriosis in hematological malignancies: report of two cases. |
| | Listeriosis occurred in two patients with hematological malignancies, one with adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) (Case 1) and the other with chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL) (Case 2). | | | The state of the art may have changed since the publication date. | | | In Case 1, listeriosis was the initial manifestation of ATL, while it occurred in Case 2 after prolonged treatment with an alkylating agent and splenic irradiation. |
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| | FASEB 2001 Conference on Hematological Malignancies |
| | New techniques to classify these types of cancers are badly needed, since, often, it is difficult to predict how patients will progress and which patients will respond to certain therapies. | | | Thus, PML sumolation promotes its own catabolism, suggesting that mature nuclear bodies could be sites of intranuclear proteolysis.T and B Leukemias: Mouse Models New animal models are greatly needed to study hematological malignancies, as they provide insight about disease pathogenesis and allow for testing of new therapeutics. | | | Resulting fluorescent intensities are collected using a laser confocal fluorescent microscope, and ratio information is used to compare expression levels for each gene between the 2 cell types. This "expression profiling" is valuable for leukemia researchers, who hope to classify and subclassify the different hematological malignancies based on molecular data, rather than clinical information only. |
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| | Hematological Malignancies - Support & Understanding |
| | When you or a loved one first hear the diagnosis of a hematological malignancy (blood cancer) such as leukemia or lymphoma, you may understandably feel anxious and unsure about the future. | | | However, many people find that learning about their condition can actually help relieve their fears and allow them to focus on maintaining their quality of life. | | | If you cannot find the information you need, you may wish to use our search facility |
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| | Mismatch repair deficiency in hematological malignancies with microsatellite instability |
| | MSI has also been observed in hematological malignancies, but whether these hematological malignancies are associated with MMR deficiency is still unclear. | | | Using both biochemical and genetic approaches, this study analysed MMR proficiency in 11 cell lines derived from patients with hematological malignancies and demonstrated that six out of seven hematological cancer cell lines with MSI were defective in strand-specific MMR. | | | From these results, we conclude that, as in solid tumors, hematological malignancies with MSI are also associated with MMR deficiency, and that the cause of MMR deficiency in these cell lines is due to a defective MutS |
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