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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . August 19th, 1996

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Cervical Cancer (Increased Risk) - Male Sexual Behavior/Male HPV Infection: Key Risk Factors for Cervical Cancer

Adult T-Cell Leukemia/Lymphoma (Prognosis) - Outcome Worse for Those with Gastric Involvement

Brain Cancer (Treatment) - Stereotactic Radiosurgery Studied

Breast Cancer (Risk Assessment) - Association Between Vitamins and Cancer Risk Questioned

Carcinogenesis - Consumer Group Attacks Artificial Sweetener

Chemotherapy (Quality of Life) - Shortened Drug-Delivery Schedule Increases Neurotoxicity

Colon Cancer (Treatment) - C242-DM1 Eradicates Human Tumors in Mice Without Harmful Side Effects

Conference Coverage (Montreal) - Quest for Safe, Efficacious Blood Substitute Turns 40

Drug Delivery - Charged Peptides Deliver Foreign Proteins Across Cell Membranes

Gender Issues - Male Breast Cancer: It's No Joke

Immunotherapy - Growth Factor Therapy Helps Cancer Patients

Industry News (Clinical Trials) - Phase I Trials for Oral Mucositis Announced

Industry News (Patents and Technologies) - U.S. Patent Issued for OraVax To Treat H. Pylori

International (Europe) - Ethyol's Labeling Expanded in Europe To Treat Tumors

International (United Kingdom) - Asulacrine Trial Initiated

Lung Cancer (Diagnostics) - Papnet Testing Found To Detect Early Signs of Cancer

Melanoma - Pivotal Phase III Trial for GMK Cancer Vaccine Begins

Melanoma - Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy Benefits Melanoma Patients

Minority Health - Race: A "Powerful Predictor of Heath-Related Outcomes"

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Therapy) - p53 Expression in NSCLC Predicts Response To Therapy

Nutrition - Health Benefits of Fiber Intake Debated

Pediatrics - RMP-7 Clinical Trial Begins To Treat Solid Tumors

Pediatrics (Retinoblastoma) - Molecular Diagnostics Provides for Lower Healthcare Costs

Prostate Cancer (Diagnostics) - Common Cancer Test Needs Changing for African-American Men

Prostate Cancer (Prevention and Education) - Physicians Campaign Against Cancer

Prostate Cancer (Therapy) - Phase II Clinical Study Initiated

Rectal Cancer (Therapy) - Analysis Shows Benefits of Adjuvant Therapy

Uterine Cancer - Pulmonary Metastases Results from Cancer

Antisense Therapy - "Type I Protein Kinase A - Directed Antisense Restrains Tumor Growth: Sequence Specific Inhibition of Gene Expression."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Cytotoxic Gene Transfer Results in a Size Reduction of Established Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma (HNSCC) Nodules in a Mouse Model."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Receptor-Mediated Gene Transfer to HER2-Expressing Cells Using RHUMABHER2-Polylysine-DNA Complexes."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Recombinant Adenoviral-Mediated Intrapleural Gene Therapy for Malignant Mesothelioma: Preliminary Findings of a Phase I Clinical Trial."

Disease Associations - "Causes of Death in Canadians With Hemophilia 1980-1995."

Disease Associations - "Factors Influencing the Development of Cirrhosis and Liver Failure in Patients with Congenital Bleeding Disorders and Chronic Hepatitis C."

Disease Associations - "Mortality From Liver Disease in Hemophiliacs in the United Kingdom."

Epidemiology (HCV) - "Prevalence of Hepatitis C in Patients with Hemorrhagic Diseases in Saxonia-Anhalt (Germany)."

Hepatic Gene Therapy - "Modulation of Receptor Activity and Cell Cycling Independently Regulate Retroviral Gene Transfer."

Antisense Technology - "Antisense RNA to the Type I Insulin-Like Growth Factor Receptor Suppresses Tumor Growth and Prevents Invasion by Rat Prostate Cancer Cells in vivo."

Antisense Technology - "Electroporation of Synthetic Oligodeoxynucleotides: A Novel Technique for ex vivo Bone Marrow Purging."

Apoptosis - "Induction of Apoptosis by the Tumor Suppressor Protein BRCA1."

Breast Cancer (Markers) - "Relation of Prediagnostic Serum Estrogen and Androgen Levels to Breast Cancer Risk."

Breast Cancer (Therapy) - "Determination of Angiogenesis Adds Information to Estrogen Receptor Status in Predicting the Efficacy of Adjuvant Tamoxifen in Node-Positive Breast Cancer Patients."

Breast Cancer (Therapy) - "Overexpression of HER2 Modulates Bcl-2, Bcl-X(L), and Tamoxifen-Induced Apoptosis in Human MCF-7 Breast Cancer Cells."

Burkitt's Lymphoma (Apoptosis) - "Apoptosis of Burkitt's Lymphoma Cells Induced by Specific Interaction of Surface IgM with a Self-Antigen: Implications for Lymphomagenesis in Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome."

Cancer Vaccines - "Augmenting the Immunogenicity of Synthetic MUC1 Peptide Vaccines in Mice."

Cervical Dysplasia (Markers) - "Expression of the MN Antigen in Cervical Papanicolaou Smears Is An Early Diagnostic Biomarker of Cervical Dysplasia."

Gene Delivery - "Cationic Liposomes Enhance Retrovirus-Mediated Multinucleated Cell Formation and Retroviral Transduction."

Helicobacter pylori - "Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase, Nitrotyrosine, and Apoptosis in Helicobacter pylori Gastritis: Effect of Antibiotics and Antioxidants."

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - "Hepatitis C Virus Genotypes and Risk of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: A Case-Control Study."

KSHV - "Primary Effusion Lymphoma: A Distinct Clinicopathologic Entity Associated with the Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpes Virus."

KSHV - "The Kaposi sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (KSHV) Is Present as an Intact Latent Genome in KS Tissue but Replicates in the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of KS Patients."

Kaposi's sarcoma - "Epidemiology of AIDS-Related Kaposi's sarcoma in Europe over 10 Years."

Lung Cancer (Apoptosis) - "Subcellular Localization of Proteasomes in Apoptotic Lung Tumor Cells and Persistence as Compared to Intermediate Filaments."

Melanoma - "Reversion of Monochromosome-Mediated Suppression of Tumorigenicity in Malignant Melanoma by Retroviral Transduction."

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma - "Tumor-Specific, Cytotoxic T-Lymphocyte Response after Idiotype Vaccination for B-Cell, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma."

Ovarian Cancer (Risk) - A Case-Control Study in Utah and Washington (United States)."

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