Although the exact composition of these " circulating tumor cells " is still unknown , some of them are metastatic precursors that can initiate tumors at distant organs .
虽然这些“循环肿瘤细胞”的确切构成依然未知,但其某些组分属于能够诱发远程器官产生肿瘤的转移前体。
" Some tumor cells might be more rigid than others , meaning that they may be less metastatic , " and thereby the patient is in less danger , rao says .
In the space of days I 'd gone from someone whose friends had hastily branded a " survivor " to a woman with metastatic stage 4 cancer .
前后不过数天,我这个女人便从朋友口中的“幸存者”,变成第四阶段转移性癌症患者。
Dr. kathy miller , from indiana university cancer center in indianapolis , and colleagues assessed the outcomes of 722 women with metastatic breast cancer who were randomized to receive paclitaxel alone or in combination with avastin .
But in a recent study published in science translational medicine , ralph weissleder and his colleagues at harvard medical school used a cell phone and a lunch box size machine to diagnose cancer from tiny pieces of tissue , taken via needle from the abdomens of patients with suspected metastatic cancers .
In the new study , giese-davis and her colleagues identified more than 100 women in the san francisco bay area who had recently received a diagnosis of breast cancer that had begun spreading to other parts of the body , so-called metastatic cancer .
The fda 's approval thursday -- meaning bay area companies have won eight of the agency 's 31 drug approvals this year -- was for patients with progressive , metastatic medullary thyroid cancer .
Next , the researchers identified the following active groups of ingredients in pomegranate juice that had a molecular impact on cell adhesion and migration in metastatic prostate cancer cells : phenylpropanoids , hydrobenzoic acids , flavones and conjugated fatty acids .