(CNN) Scientists have made progress on developing an experimental blood test that could detect many types of cancer in their early stages, and possibly even their locations in the body. The noninvasive blood test was shown to detect the presence of common tumors of the ovary, liver, stomach, pancreas, esophagus, colorectum, lung and breast, according […]
Immune Cells At Work Immune cells working together to defeat cancer cells, bacteria and infected cells. Posted by Hashem Al-Ghaili on Friday, October 14, 2016
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CLINICAL STUDIES FOR MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS Complement activation by mAbs can cause direct tumor cell lysis or enhance antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity. However, tumor cells are protected from complement-mediated injury by membrane-bound complement regulatory proteins (mCRP) that are often expressed at elevated levels on tumor cells. Recent studies indicate that blocking or over-whelming the function of […]
Quality of life (QOL) is a broad concept of how one defines both positive and negative aspects of life. What makes it challenging to measure is that everyone can define it differently. Although health is one of the important domains of overall quality of life, there are other domains as well—for instance, jobs, housing, schools, […]
