Cancer Law Weekly

Harvard University - REST identified as possible tumor suppressor

Hokkaido University - Effectiveness of radiation therapy after surgery for cholangiocarcinoma assessed

Howard Hughes Medical Institute - Researchers identify gene's role in suppressing longevity

Huazhong Univ. of Science & Technology, Hubei - Antisurvivin oligonucleotides generate apoptosis in ovarian cancer cells

Humboldt University, Berlin - Differentially expressed genes associated with human lung cancer

Inst. of Hematology & Blood Transfusion, Prague - Fusion genes of mutated HPV E-7 gene did not enhance antitumor effect

Institute Cancer Research & Treatment, Turin - Outcome of postoperative radiation therapy for prostate carcinoma surveyed

Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif - Genetic alterations accompany PPAR gamma 1 in follicular thyroid cancer

Institute for Cancer Research, London - Tumor stroma hypoxia is a viable target for cancer gene therapy

Institute of Oncology, Warsaw - Deaths in the EU: Declining in men but not women

Institute of Oncology, Warsaw - Government policy changes lead to drop in heart disease deaths in Poland

International Center of Genetic Engineering - Proteomic studies on low- and high-grade human brain astrocytomas

Intrac, Inc. - Pharmaceutical company appoints William Peters to board

Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. - INGN 241 cancer therapy triggers immune system to kill cancer cells

Istituto Nazionale per la Cura dei Tumori, Milan - Adult-type soft tissue sarcomas discovered in pediatric-age patients

Jerome Lipper Multiple Myeloma Center, Boston - New thalidomide analogs direct antiangiogenic activity at multiple myeloma

Johns Hopkins University - Certain factors predict lethal prostate cancer after recurrence

Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot - Carcinoma of colon presented as fever of unknown origin

Kliniken Essen Mitte - Endoscopic adrenalectomy treated large primary adrenal tumors

Kochi Medical School - Clinicopathologic study of primary adenosquamous carcinoma of the liver reviewed

Korea University, Gyeonggi - Hepatitis B virus-associated liver cancer harbors c-kit-positive tumor cells

Kyorin University, Tokyo - Famotidine and omeprazole prevented bleeding after endoscopic mucosal resection

Ludwig Inst. for Cancer Research - From thousands of genes to a single compelling new target

MGI Pharma, Inc. - Oncology, acute care-focused company to acquire Guilford Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Market Strategies, Inc. - Study of oncologists' use of cancer treatments, correlation with perceptions set

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - MIT engineers an anticancer smart bomb

McGill University, Montreal - Borderline ovarian tumors compared to early stage invasive ovarian cancer

Medical College of Wisconsin - CaPSURE database identified unstageable patients

Medical University of Bialystok - New data illuminates research in oncology

Medical University of Vienna - Reports advance knowledge in melanoma vaccines research

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Metastatic incidence of retroperitoneal dedifferentiated liposarcoma evaluated

Misonix, Inc. - Symposium on high intensity focused ultrasound treatment for prostate cancer

Montreal General Hospital - Links between systemic lupus erythematosus and cancer explored

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto - Enzyme deficiency may contribute to liver cancer

Nara Medical University - Copper-chelating agent and methotrexate combine to staunch tumor growth

National University of Singapore - Healthy EBV carriers have detectable Rta-specific CD8+ cells restricted by B2704

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam - PITX1 identified as suppressor of RAS activity and tumorigenicity

New York City Department of Health - Low screening rates leave a million New Yorkers at risk

New York Presbyterian Medical Center - ¹⁸FDG-PET used to define cartilage neoplasms