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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . November 25th, 1996

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Tumorigenesis (HBV) - HBx Displays Weak Link to Tumors

Antisense Technology (Genetics) - Technology Used in Correcting Gene Function Inside Cell Nucleus

Brain Cancer (Angiogenesis) - Thalidomide Clinical Trials Expanded To Treat Cancer

Breast Cancer - Indigent Women with Cancer Offered Reconstruction Infrequently

Breast Cancer (Genetics) - Genetics: Why Some Women Smokers Develop Cancer and Others Don't

Breast Cancer (Therapy) - Innovative Laser Therapy as a Potential Alternative To Lumpectomy

Cancer (Diagnostics) - Opportunities for Recombinant Novomab-G2 Announced

Cancer (Survival/Mortality) - Cancer Death Rate Declines Due To Prevention/Treatment

Cancer Vaccines - Vaccine Tested Offers Hope Against Pancreatic Cancer

Case Reports - Cancer Death Rate Decline Can Continue With Effort

Funding - Grant Awarded To Study Gene Therapy of Cancer

Genetics - Testing Developed in Area of Gene Expression

Helicobacter pylori (Diagnostics) - License Granted for H. Pylori In Vitro Diagnostic Tests

Industry News (Drug Development) - Pivanex Injection Cancer Trial Interim Analysis Announced

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Pilot Study Completed on Cervical Screening Systems

Industry News (Therapy) - Industry Finds Rewards in Fighting Cancer Diseases

Ovarian Cancer - Registration-Oriented Clinical Trials of Doxil Announced

Ovarian Cancer (Treatment) - Hycamtin Licensed for Marketing in European Union

Ovarian/Breast Cancer (Genetics) - Educational Seminar Sponsored on BRACAnalysis Testing

Pain Management - NDA Submitted for Actiq To Treat Breakthrough Cancer Pain

Pediatrics (Polio) - Pediatrics Academy Challenged on Vaccine Recommendation

Prevention - More Research Suggests Moderate Tanning Prevents Cancer

Prostate Cancer - FDA Approves Novantrone for Hormone Refractory Cancer

Retinoblastoma (Treatment) - Physicians Pioneer Eye Cancer Treatment

Risk Factors - No Mortality or Cancer Risk Found Using Calcium Channel Blockers

Somatic Gene Therapy - Long-Term, High-Level Expression Possible in Transduced Keratinocytes

Vectors (Non-Viral) - Receptor-Mediated Gene Transfer Via (alpha)2 -Macroglobulin/Poly(L)-Lysine

Chemotherapy (HCC) - "Novel Approaches to the Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC)."

Disease Associations - "The Effect of Underlying Illness when Considering the Diagnosis of Tuberculosis."

Drug Interactions - "Tamoxifen and Coagulation."

Infection Control (TB) - "A Multidisciplinary Approach to Infection Control in the Therapeutic use of Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG)."

Pathogenesis (HCC) - "Functional Properties of the HBs-Derived Transactivator MHBst."

Pathogenesis (Oligodeoxynucleotides) - "CpG Containing Oligodeoxynucleotides Protect B-Cells from Apoptosis and Growth Arrest: Mechanistic Studies."

Therapeutic Options (HCV) - "Treatment Strategies for Problematic Hepatitis C Patients."

Transfusion Medicine (Gene Therapy) - Rapid Purification of Adult Hematopoietic Human Stem/Progenitor Cells and Use in Gene Therapy Approaches."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Adenovirus-Mediated Interleukin-12 Gene Therapy for Metastatic Colon Carcinoma."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "The Application of Genetically Engineered Herpes Simplex Viruses to the Treatment of Experimental Brain Tumors."

Cancer Vaccines - "Dissection of Tumour and Host Cells from Target Organs of Metastasis for Testing Gene Expression Directly Ex Vivo."

Cancer Vaccines - "Low Dose Pasteur Bacillus Calmette-Guerin Regimen in Stage T1, Grade 3 Bladder Cancer Therapy."

Cancer Vaccines - "Murine Neuroblastoma Vaccines Produced by Retroviral Transfer of MHC Class II Genes."

Environmental Exposure - "Assessment of Exposure to Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Engine Rooms by Measurement of Urinary 1-Hydroxypyrene."

Environmental Exposure - "Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemias and non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas by Histological Type in Farming-Animal Breeding Workers: A Population Case-Control Study Based on a Priori Exposure Matrices. DOUBLE

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - "The Occurrence of Hepatitis B and C Viruses in Pakistani Patients with Chronic Liver Disease and Hepatocellular Carcinoma."

Immunotoxins - "Endocytosis, Intracellular Transport, and Cytotoxic Action of Shiga Toxin and Ricin."

Immunotoxins - "Laboratory Preparation of a Deglycosylated Ricin Toxin A Chain Containing Immunotoxin Directed Against a CD7 T Lineage Differentiation Antigen for Phase I Human Clinical Studies Involving T Cell Malignancies."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Epidemiology) - "Declining Incidence and Later Occurrence of Kaposi's Sarcoma among Persons with AIDS in Australia: The Australian AIDS Cohort."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Histopathology) - "Expression of Adhesion Molecules in Endemic and Epidemic Kaposi's Sarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Detection of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus-Like DNA Sequences in Angiosarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "The Effects of Preparations of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin on AIDS-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma."

Prostate Cancer (Bone Metastasis) - "Urinary Pyridinoline and Deoxypyridinoline as Potential Markers of Bone Metastasis in Patients with Prostate Cancer."

Prostate Cancer (Diagnostics) - "Prospective Evaluation of Prostate Specific Antigen and Prostate Specific Antigen Density in the Detection of Nonpalpable and Stage T1c Carcinoma of the Prostate."

Prostate Cancer (Increased Risk) - "Vasectomy and Prostate Cancer: A Case-Control Study in a Health Maintenance Organization."

Prostate Cancer (Screening) - "Longitudinal Screening for Prostate Cancer with Prostate-Specific Antigen."

Prostate Cancer (Survival/Mortality) - "Marriage and Mortality in Prostate Cancer."

Prostate Cancer (Treatment) - "Co-Morbidities and Survival of Men with Localized Prostate Cancer Treated with Surgery or Radiation Therapy."

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