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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . November 18th, 1996

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Cancer Gene Therapy - Radiation Targeted Gene Therapy Selectively Damages Tumor Vessels

Chemosensitization - Parvovirus Mediates Improved Sensitization of Chemotherapeutics

Vectors (Development) - Optimized Retroviral Vectors Confer High-Dose Multidrug Resistance

Antisense Technology - Patent Claims Allowed for Therapy Targeted Against Apoptosis Gene

Cancer (Diagnostics) - Technology Assists Scientists in Study of Early Cancer

Cancer Pathogenesis - How Tumor Cancer Cells Survive and Adapt to Chemotherapy

Cancer Pathogenesis - Scientists Challenge Cancer Gene Theory

Cervical Cancer (Screening) - FDA Approves Thinprep Pap Test More Effective Than Pap Smear

Colorectal Cancer (Pathogenesis) - Campto Controls Cancer Progression in About 50 Percent of Patients

Drug Development (Marimastat) - Trial Results Presented in Advanced Cancer Treatment

Epidemiology - Results of Global Burden of Disease Study

Esophageal Cancer - Surgeons Use Therapy To Treat Cancer

Head and Neck Cancer (Therapy) - Taxotere/Cisplatin Combination Shows Promising Results

Industry News (Acquisitions) - Rights Acquired to Duraclon in Treatment of Cancer Pain

Leukemia (Treatment) - FDA Approves Leukine Liquid as Colony Stimulating Factor

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Treatment) - High Activity Demonstrated in NSCLC Cancer Patients

Pain Management - Ignorance or Incompetence Leave Cancer Patients in Pain

Pain Management - Marijuana Ingredient Drug Available Through Medical Channels

Prostate Cancer - Finding May 'Restart the Survival Clock' for Patients

Prostate Cancer (Therapy) - Nilandron for Cancer Available in U.S.

Skin Cancer - Educators Make a Beachhead in Behavioral Change

Disease Associations - "Malignancies in a Greek Haemophilia HIV(+) Cohort After 15 Years Follow-Up."

Disease Associations - "Surgical Treatment for Pseudotumor of the Ilium in a Patient with Severe Haemophilia B; 30 Months Follow-Up."

Pathogenesis (HCC) - "High Expression of HBV X Protein in the Liver From Patients with HCC and that from Shrew with HCC Induced With HHBV and AFB1."

Therapy (HCV) - "Effects of Interferon Treatment on the Incidence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Chronic Hepatitis C."

Therapy (HCV) - "Prognostic Factors for Interferon Treatment and Long-Term Outcome."

Transfusion Medicine - "Thrombomatch-IgG-EIA: Evaluation of a New Test System for the Detection of Platelet Reactive Antibodies in Sera of Patients with Hematologic-Oncological Diseases."

Apoptosis - "Retroviral Transduction of Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells with Mutant p53 Promotes Survival and Proliferation, Modifies Differentiation Potential and Inhibits Apoptosis."

Boron Neutron Capture Therapy - "Development and in vitro Studies of Epidermal Growth Factor-Dextran Conjugates for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Adenoviral-Mediated Wild-Type p53 Gene Expression Sensitizes Colorectal Cancer Cells to Ionizing Radiation."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Evaluation of Topical Gene Therapy for Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma in an Organotypic Model."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Gene Therapy for Prostate Cancer."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Gene-Directed Enzyme Prodrug Therapy with a Mustard Prodrug/Carboxypeptidase G2 Combination."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Osteocalcin Promoter-Based Toxic Gene Therapy for the Treatment of Osteosarcoma in Experimental Models."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Structure and Function of the p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene: Clues for Rational Cancer Therapeutic Strategies."

Cancer Genetics - "Wild-Type p53 Protein Potentiates Cytotoxicity of Therapeutic Agents in Human Colon Cancer Cells."

Cancer Vaccines - "Comparison of IL-2- and IL-4-Transfected B16-F10 Cells with a Novel Oil-Microemulsion Adjuvant for B16-F10 Whole Cell Tumour Vaccine."

Cancer Vaccines - "Synthesis of Cytokines during Tumour Development in Mice Immunized with the Mycobacterial Antigen Complex A60."

Colon Cancer (Etiology) - "A Description of Age, Sex, and Site Distributions of Colon Carcinoma in Three Geographic Areas."

Colorectal Cancer - "Regional Versus Systemic Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Colorectal Carcinoma Metastatic to the Liver - Is There a Survival Difference? Meta-Analysis of the Published Literature."

Esophageal Cancer (Increased Risk) - "Serologic Association Between Human Papillomavirus Type 16 Infection and Esophageal Cancer in Shaanxi Province, China."

Gastrointestinal Cancer - "Functional Expression of CD11a on CD8+ Cells Is Suppressed in Regional Lymph Nodes with Cancer Involvement in Patients with Gastrointestinal Carcinoma."

Helicobacter pylori - "Helicobacter pylori Infection and Blood Group Antigens: Lack of Clinical Association."

Immunotoxins - "Characterization of RFB4-Pseudomonas exotoxin A Immunotoxins Targeted to CD22 on B-Cell Malignancies."

Immunotoxins - "Decreases in Levels of Serum Fibronectin Predict the Severity of Vascular Leak Syndrome in Patients Treated with Ricin A Chain-Containing Immunotoxins."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Absence of Human Herpesvirus 8 DNA Sequences in Neoplastic Kaposi's sarcoma Cell Lines."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Contains G Protein-Coupled Receptor and Cyclin D Homologs Which Are Expressed in Kaposi's sarcoma and Malignant Lymphoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "The Size and Conformation of Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8) DNA in Infected Cells and Virions."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Pathogenesis) - "Cellular and Molecular Characteristics of Kaposi's sarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "Overview of the Management of AIDS-Related Kaposi's sarcoma."

Liver Cancer - "Excess Risk of Primary Liver Cancer in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus."

Melanoma - "Immunization Against Epitopes in the Human Melanoma Antigen gp100 Following Patient Immunization with Synthetic Peptides."

Prostate Cancer (Pain Management) - "Pain Caused by Bone Metastasis in Endocrine-Therapy-Refractory Prostate Cancer."

Prostate Cancer (Pathogenesis) - "Reduced Connexin 43 Expression in High Grade, Human Prostatic Adenocarcinoma Cells."

Prostate Cancer (Staging) - "Isolation of Prostate-Derived Single Cells and Cell Clusters from Human Peripheral Blood."

Prostate Cancer (Treatment) - "Assessment of Quality of Life after Radical Radiotherapy for Prostate Cancer."

Tumor Markers - "Tumor Marker Utility Grading System: A Framework to Evaluate Clinical Utility of Tumor Markers."

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