Cancer Law Weekly

American Roentgen Ray Society - 3-D MRI useful in detecting most lethal of all major cancers

Endocare - Ablation company stockholders give board authority to effect reverse stock split

INSERM, U620, Rennes - 34+ HSCs are targets for carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Matritech - Patent issued for methods using the NMP66 protein in detection of breast cancer

Roche Molecular Systems, Inc. - ALTS clinical trial data published in journal

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis - Children facing bone marrow transplant may risk infection due to dental problems

A&G Pharmaceutical - Theranostics company completes series A financing

AARP Texas - M.D. Anderson Cancer Center named a 2005 Best Employer for Workers Over 50

Advaxis - Listeria cancer vaccine shows strong safety profile in toxicology studies

Allos Therapeutics - Results from Efaproxyn study published in journal

Altachem Pharma - Health Canada grants clearance to start phase I trial for actinic keratosis drug

Altachem Pharma - Oncology firm reconstitutes scientific advisory board

American Pharmaceutical Partners - Oncology-focused pharmaceutical firm launches enhanced website

American Roentgen Ray Society - Batch reading mammograms lowers recall rates

American Soc. for Therapeutic Radiology & Oncology - Evidence-based review on brain tumor radiation consolidates research information

Antoni Van Leeuwenhoek Hospital, Amsterdam - Isolated limb perfusion palliated advanced limb disease

Arkansas State University - Need for culturally relevant breast cancer education programs investigated

Ascentia Biomedical Corp. - Option agreement with University of Washington for anticancer compound defined

Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Dallas - Dendritic cell vaccine results in cytokine secretion by CD4+ T cells

Bioerevna Medical Center, Athens - Association among factor V, prothrombin mutations, and oral cancer risk studied

Brain Research Institute - Personalized peptide vaccines for malignant glioma evaluated

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston - Risk weighed between significant versus insignificant postoperative PSA failure

Brown University, Providence - Chromium-damaged cells killed by mismatch repair

CNRS, Lyon - Netrin-1 and its dependence receptors examined

Cancer Research U.K., London - Findings describe new data in diagnostics research

Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles - Researchers provide details of new studies and findings in the area of oncology

Centre Hospitalier de Gui de Chauliac, Montpellier - Oncogenic osteomalacia reported

Children's Hospital of Michigan - Racial disparities considered in the treatment of women with breast cancer

Chinese University of Hong Kong - Standard esophagectomy compared with chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer

Christchurch School of Medicine - New research in the area of cancer vaccines detailed

City of Hope National Medical Center, Durarte - Portal vein-delivered adjuvant floxuridine has low hepatotoxicity

Clinic Research Center, Falun - Connection between cervical cancer, smoking and oral contraceptives explored

Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Boston - Behavior change among working class, multiethnic workers promoted

Dimethaid Research - Dimethaid Research, Inc. announces new pancreatic cancer trial with WF10

Eastman Kodak Company - New digital systems for in vivo molecular imaging research now available

European Institute of Oncology, Milan - Recent studies add new data to breast cancer research

Ewha Womans University, Seoul - P-glycoprotein inhibited by natural products in human breast cancer cells

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center - Genetic services offered to familial cancer patients is surveyed