Cancerous Sentence Examples

The application of an infusion of violet leaves was at one time believed to have the power of reducing the size of cancerous growths, but its use is now discredited.

From these experiments it is shown that cells taken from these growths and introduced into animals of the same species give rise to a cancerous growth, whose cells have acquired unlimited powers of proliferation.

Not only is this true of epithelial cells, but - the connective tissuecells of the supporting structure of cancerous growth, after repeated transplantation, may become so altered that a gradual evolution of apparently normal connective tissue into sarcomatous elements takes place, these giving rise to " mixed tumours."

Nitrogen mustards are highly cytotoxic, but are not specific for cancerous tissue.

Extensive, mainly acute, inflammation may be found in the cancerous bone of the skull.

A melanoma can arise within an existing mole by the melanocytes becoming malignant or cancerous.

It was an excellent glue to block the cancerous serosa.

The fact that it is possible to propagate these cells of one animal for years in other animals of the same species, without any loss of their vegetative vitality, suggests that this continued growth is kept up by a growth-stimulating substance present in the proper species of animal; this substance, however, has not the power of transforming the normal tissue into a cancerous one.

Many chemotherapy treatments employ DNA alkylation as a means of destroying cancerous cells.

Izzie, meanwhile, is having trouble with her patient, who needs a biopsy on a potentially cancerous testicular lump.

The reason for a functional neck dissection is to remove cancerous lymph glands in the neck dissection is to remove cancerous lymph glands in the neck.

I have recently had one ovary removed with cancerous cells.

He used large amounts of beetroot successfully for cancerous tumor regression, up to 1 kg daily have been used.

The plan was to fuse white cells taken from mouse spleen with the cancerous cells.

In a second study, a Danish team found that permanently activating telomerase in similar stem cells also made them cancerous.

Many cancer-parasites have been described in cancerous growths, including bacteria, yeasts and protozoa, but the innumerable attempts made to demonstrate the causal infective organism have all completely failed.

The commonest form of malignant tumour is the result of the growth of cancerous elements which have been brought to the liver by the veins coming up from a primary focus of the large intestine.

I desperately hoped that the cancerous tumor was not malignant.

Interestingly, North Carolina State University suggests eating ginger can help guard against cancer and even destroy cancerous cells in some cases.

In these clinical trials and studies, the active ingredient, Silymarin, slowed the growth rate of the some cancerous cells and improved the efficacy of chemotherapy drugs.

The CMP in cocoa butter is further believed to inhibit the growth of cancerous cells and tumors by reducing active oxygen levels, inhibiting the oxidation of LDL (good cholesterol) and inhibiting the production of inflammatory cells.

In 2006, Crow underwent surgery to remove a cancerous lump from her breast.

These antioxidants, especially resveratrol, fight the free radicals that cause cell damage and cancerous tumor growth.

In internal radiation (brachytherapy), radioactive liquid or pellets are delivered to the cancerous site via a pill, injection, or insertion in a sealed container.

Metastasis-A secondary tumor resulting from the spread of cancerous cells from the primary tumor to other parts of the body.

These include various types of malignant brain tumors, as well as leukemia and cancerous tumors of certain muscles (rhabdomyosarcoma), the adrenal glands (pheochromocytoma), or the kidneys (Wilms' tumor).

In acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL), it is the T or the B lymphocytes that become cancerous.

Most moles are benign (not cancerous), but atypical moles (dysplastic nevi) may develop into malignant melanoma, a potentially fatal form of skin cancer.

Congenital nevi are more apt to become cancerous than moles that develop after birth, especially if they are more than eight inches in diameter.

Only about one in 1 million moles is cancerous.

Most experts, however, think that these susceptibility genes are not sufficient by themselves to account for moles becoming cancerous but are influenced by a combination of other inherited traits and environmental factors.

If laboratory analysis confirms that a mole is cancerous, the dermatologist will remove the rest of the mole.

Moles are rarely cancerous and, once removed, unlikely to recur.

Wilms' tumor is a cancerous tumor of the kidney that usually occurs in young children.

Wilms' tumor makes up about 6 percent of all childhood cancers and ranks as the second most frequent cancerous abdominal tumor in children.

These growths are not cancerous and do not require removal unless they become annoying.

A sarcoma is a cancerous (malignant) bone tumor.

Chondrosarcomas are cancerous bone tumors that most often appear in middle age.

More than 85 percent of patients survive for more than five years after complete surgical removal of low-grade osteosarcomas (tumors that arise in mature tissue and contain a small number of cancerous cells).

Malignant (cancerous) tumors can spread to other parts of the body.

Normally, the tumor suppressor protein produced by RB1 prevents a retinal cell from becoming cancerous.

Only one functioning RB1 gene in a retinal cell is necessary to prevent the cell from becoming cancerous.

If both RB1 genes in a retinal cell become non-functional, then a retinal cell can become cancerous and retinoblastoma can result.

If the tumor has not spread extensively, the radiation beam can be focused on the cancerous retinal cells.

Chronic leukemia is a disease in which abnormal, cancerous white blood cells are made in the bone marrow.

Warts are not cancerous, but some strains of HPV, usually not associated with warts, have been linked with cancer formation.

More than 50 types of HPV have been identified, some of which are linked to cancerous and precancerous conditions, including cancer of the cervix.

This increase in skin tags is also associated with the development of growths, called polyps, within the large intestine that may eventually become cancerous.

In infants and children, the AFP test is used to detect liver disease, certain cancerous tumors, and to monitor the progress of cancer treatment.

After a cancerous tumor is removed, an AFP test can monitor the progress of treatment.

While this keeps the immune system from attacking a person's own skin, it also means that any malignant (cancerous) cells in the skin will be able to grow freely.

Mastectomy is the medical term for breast surgery, and it involves removing breast tissue where cancerous growths have been detected.

It has been shown to hinder the replication of cancerous cells.

It's believed these high doses of vitamin C increase the body's hydrogen peroxide levels on a cellular basis, killing cancerous cells.

While the tag may grow, it will not become cancerous.

Some cancers seem to prefer areas that get a lot of sun exposure, but even parts of the body that are usually covered can have cancerous growths.

In moles which may be cancerous there may be more than one color visible.

With a small chance of becoming cancerous, genital warts are also caused by the HPV virus and are spread through skin to skin contact.

Cryosurgery is often used to eradicate cancerous skin cells, but it can also be used to remove age spots.

While you're most likely to notice cancerous lesions on skin that's exposed to the sun, skin cancer can also be found between the toes and under fingernails.

Some people may mistake a cancerous lesion for eczema or psoriasis because the appearance is similar.

In this surgery, the physician freezes the tumor, killing the cancerous cells.

Mohs micrographic surgery - In effort to remove fewer healthy cells than he would have to during excision, the doctor cuts out the cancerous cells and then examines the bordering ones with a microscope in order to ensure they are all gone.

While this treatment does not remove cancerous cells, she may have to perform it to replace skin removed during one of the above procedures.

With radiation therapy, the individual is subjected to radiation beams, which help to kill cancerous cells and make tumors smaller.

With chemotherapy, the patient uses a topical cream laced with chemicals, takes a pill or gets the chemicals injected intravenously to kill cancerous cells.

While freckles themselves cannot be cancerous, pre-cancer moles can look very similar to freckles.

Once your doctor has determined that your freckles are not potentially cancerous, there are various treatments that have proven to be effective in removing freckles.

Dermatologists recommend that before attempting to make your freckles disappear, you have your skin checked for possible cancerous or pre-cancerous spots which might look like freckles but represent something harmful.