tumour progression
collocation in Englishmeaningsoftumourandprogression
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tumour
noun[C]
uk/ˈtʃuː.mər/us/ˈtuː.mɚ/
a mass of diseased cells that might become a lump or ...
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progression
noun[C or U]
uk/prəˈɡreʃ.ən/us/prəˈɡreʃ.ən/
the act of changing to the next stage ...
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(Definition oftumourandprogressionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The role of some of these molecules intumourprogressionhas been evaluated in animal models and in patients.
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These results suggest that genetic and epigenetic changes in the tumour stroma alter epithelial - stroma interactions to supporttumourprogression.
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The mechanism that links the level of tetraspanin expression totumourprogressionneeds to be further investigated.
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Given its known biological roles intumourprogression, galectin-1 has been postulated as an attractive target for anticancer therapies.
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Similarly,tumourprogressionmay result from the escape of recognition or attack by host defence mechanisms.
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The importance of neutrophil infiltration fortumourprogressionhas been validated in some animal models.
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Furthermore, neutrophils produce cytokines and proteases that could stimulatetumourprogression.
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This would make biological sense, since enhanced proliferation with associated migration occurs intumourprogression, a clearly undesirable scenario.
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A booster dose may be considered for cases where there istumourprogressionor recurrence.
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It has been appreciated for some time that in response to neoplastic conversion in the adjacent epithelium, fibroblasts undergo changes that promotetumourprogression.
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Increased understanding of the molecular changes that occur duringtumourprogressionwill allow us to identify potential antitumour targets for therapeutic interventions.
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Some of these genes might play important roles in gastrictumourprogressionand could be immediately useful for prognosis and treatment stratification.
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Median time totumourprogressionwas 206 days (7 months).
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It is clear that matrix-degrading proteases are essential fortumourprogression, but it is not known whether they all act in independent pathways or have some common downstream targets.
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Thus, galectin-1 expressed by tumour or stromal cells can favourtumourprogressionthrough modulation of several mechanisms, including cell migration, adhesion, angiogenesis and tumour immune escape.
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Because each tumour type might express various antigens and develop different immunosuppressive mechanisms that could change withtumourprogression, the timing of some forms of immunotherapy may also become relevent.
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Tumourprogressionis driven by inherited and acquired genetic changes, which are reflected in altered profiles of gene expression and of protein levels and modifications (fig001kpb).
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M2 macrophages are also believed to contribute totumourprogressionby performing the above functions through the release of growth factors, proangiogenic molecules and matrix-degrading enzymes.
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