Eventually the proliferating malignant cells crowd out good cells and the body can no longer fight infection.
It blocked estrogen hormones to prevent them from stimulating the growth of malignant cells.
Comprehensiveness refers to the need to kill or control all malignant cells in the patient.
Very little can be known about the set of all malignant cells that could evolve.
Celgene scientists still don't know exactly how thalidomide works, only that it is extremely effective at stopping the malignant cells.
Allergies usually result from an overactive immune function that may detect and eradicate malignant cells from the body, researchers said.
Once they have found a tumour, they stick to their target like glue, even piggybacking on malignant cells as these move through the body.
The required cell population that must be targeted (killed or controlled) to cure or control cancer, is the set of all malignant cells that could evolve.
For example, breast cancer patients are tested to see if their tumour is positive for 'Her2', a protein that can accelerate the growth of malignant cells.
We need a higher-level theory of cancer based not on the properties of particular cancer cells, but rather based on the properties of the set of all malignant cells that could evolve.
By comparing DNA from healthy cells with malignant ones, researchers can find genetic differences that might be what led the tumors to go bad in the first place.
This can turn a non-toxic substance called 5-fluorocytosine into a nasty chemical called 5-fluorouracil that kills all cells, normal and malignant.
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