ConferenceCancer Research · July 1, 2018
AbstractPancreatic tumors remain one of the deadliest manifestations of cancer in clinical oncology. Even when tumors are diagnosed early, remain loco-regionalized, and receive cutting-edge cancer treatment, ...
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ConferenceJournal of Clinical Oncology · February 20, 2018
160 Background: Radium-223 is a targeted alpha therapy that improves survival in men with mCRPC. The biologic basis for radium-223 efficacy is not completely understood. We hypothesized that PC osteomimicry, a form of epithelial ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · July 15, 2016
AbstractMalignant brain tumors are one of the most lethal cancer forms causing over 14,000 deaths each year. In spite of extensive research efforts over many decades, the median overall survival (OS) still r ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · August 1, 2015
AbstractThe intratumoral delivery of radioactive therapeutics, a clinical technique known as brachytherapy, has proven very successful in treating solid cancers and become a prevalent option for treating pro ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · October 15, 2014
AbstractBackground: Neuroblastoma (NB) is a radiosensitive malignancy accounting for 10% of childhood cancer mortality. NB cells frequently express the norepinephrine transporter (NET) providing a specific m ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · October 1, 2014
AbstractIntratumoral (i.t.) drug delivery can circumvent the transport barriers_high intratumoral fluid pressure and irregular vascularization_of solid tumors that limit the effectiveness of systemically del ...
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ConferenceMolecular Cancer Therapeutics · November 1, 2013
AbstractHsp90 inhibitors have demonstrated unusual selectivity for tumor cells despite its ubiquitous expression. This phenomenon has remained unexplained but could be influenced by ectopically expressed Hsp ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · April 15, 2013
AbstractBrachytherapy continues to be one of the predominant radiotherapy modalities for the treatment of prostate cancer. Depending on the stage of the cancer, it is employed either as a stand-alone treatme ...
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ConferenceCancer Research · April 15, 2013
AbstractBrachytherapy seeds are made by sealing radionuclides in metal or other non-degradable material (resin or glass) and surgically implanted into the tumor tissue. Brachytherapy has shown some efficacy ...
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