Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 15th, 2003
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Melanoma - Interferons are potent stimulators of interferon-alpha inducible genes
Oncology - ONYX-015-based replicating adenoviruses can deliver prodrug converting enzyme
Drug Development - A new fusion gene causes direct and bystander killing of sarcomas
Drug Resistance - Targeted gene therapies could exploit or overcome tumor hypoxia
Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Progenitor cell involvement predicts response to induction chemotherapy in AML
Antitumor Agent - TT-232: a somatostatin structural derivative as a potent antitumor drug
Bladder Cancer - The PATCHED/Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway in superficial bladder cancer
Breast Cancer - Association studies may be more efficient that population-based studies
Breast Cancer - Involvement of a novel fast I-Na current in breast cancer cell invasion
Breast Cancer - Phenotypic effects of heterozygosity for a BRCA2 mutation
Breast Cancer - Raloxifene inhibits estrogen-induced up-regulation of telomerase activity
Cancer Cell Growth - Selected isothiocyanates rapidly induce growth inhibition of cancer cells
Cancer Therapy - Positive data on rhIGFBP-3 published
Carcinogens - Alteration of keratinocyte differentiation and senescence by dioxin
Cervical Cancer - Oncogenic potential varies moderately within the high-risk group of HPVs
Chemotherapy - The role of nucleoside transporters in resistance to cancer chemotherapy
Chordomas - Mapping of candidate region for chordoma development to 1p36.13 by LOH analysis
Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Involvement of Akt kinase in the action of STI571 on CML cells
Colon Cancer - Adapalene may be an effective adjunctive therapy for colon cancer in vivo
Colon Cancer - Familial hereditary mixed polyposis syndrome
Colon Cancer - Macrophage inhibitory cytokine-1: A novel biomarker for p53 pathway activation
Colorectal Cancer - CEA-producing cell-specific oncolytic adenovirus, OV798, for colorectal cancer
Colorectal Cancer - Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer and related conditions
Colorectal Cancer - Reduced accumulation of specific microRNAs in colorectal neoplasia
DNA Damage - The role of p53 in chemosensitivity and radiosensitivity
Drug Resistance - E-cadherin-dependent intercellular adhesion enhances chemoresistance
Endometrial Cancer - 11q23-24 loss is associated with chromosomal instability in endometrial cancer
Epstein-Barr Virus - Germinal center B cells appear to be those susceptible to EBV transformation
Esophageal Cancer - Molecular detection of free cancer cells in pleural lavage fluid
Fallopian Tube Cancer - Clinical aspects, histopathology, and genetics of fallopian tube cancer
Folate Deficiency - Folate deficiency, mismatch repair-dependent apoptosis, and human disease
GI Cancer - Role of GI hormones in the proliferation of normal and neoplastic tissues
GI Cancer - The emerging role of the hedgehog signaling pathway in upper GI cancers
Head and Neck Cancer - Prevalence of human papillomavirus in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas
Hereditary Cancer - The von Hippel-Lindau gene, kidney cancer, and oxygen sensing
Leukemia - Down-regulation of TNF-alpha receptors by conophylline in T-cell leukemia cells
Leukemia - Inhibition of JNK signaling diminishes early cellular stress-induced apoptosis
Leukemia - Mechanisms of STI571 resistance to Philadelphia chromosome-associated leukemias
Leukemia - TEL-related FTKs may stimulate the repair of DNA damaged by idarubicin
Lung Cancer - Aberrant cycin D2 methylation may play role in lung cancer pathogenesis
Lung Cancer - Methylation of genes in the upper aerodigestive tract epithelium of smokers
Lymphoma - High frequency of genetic aberrations in enteropathy-type T-cell lymphoma
Measles - Attenuated measles virus, GM-CSF expression enhances neutrophil antitumor action
Melanoma - Bcl-X proteins are important for control of apoptosis in malignant melanoma
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Centrosome aberrations may be a mechanism for chromosomal instability in NHL
Oral Cancer - Alpha(Nu)beta6-Fyn signaling promotes oral cancer progression
Oral Carcinoma - SDF-1/CXCR4 signaling may be involved in of lymph node metastasis
Ovarian Cancer - Alternative pathways of ovarian apoptosis: Death for life
Ovarian Cancer - Nucleotides play unique role in regulation of ovarian cancer cells
Ovarian Cancer - Researchers identify biomarkers for ovarian cancer
Patents - Patent on p53 therapy upheld in Europe
Premature Senescence - Bcl-2 activates a program of premature senescence in human carcinoma cells
Prostate Cancer - From the gene to the clinic: prostate cancer death can now be an exception?
Proteolysis - When protein destruction runs amok, malignancy is on the loose
Retinoids - Retinoids in cancer therapy and chemoprevention: Promise meets resistance
Staff Safety - Study demonstrates biological uptake of chemotherapy drugs
Stem-Cell Transplantation - Safety and efficacy of nonmyeloablative SCT reviewed
Thyroid Carcinoma - Maspin is a special feature of papillary thyroid carcinoma
Tumor Suppressor - Puma is an essential mediator of p53-dependent/independent apoptotic pathways
Tumor Suppressors - BARD1 participates with BRCA1 in homology-directed repair of chromosome breaks
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