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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . December 23rd, 1996

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (Therapy) - Antibody Shows Promise as Therapy

Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Treatment) - Leukemia Product Continues to Promote Long-Term Survival

Angiogenesis - Combined Therapies Prevent Tumor Recurrence

Brain Cancer (Genetics) - Cancer Gene Discovery Program Accelerated

Breast Cancer (Risk Factors) - Obese Women Found More Prone to Cancer

Breast Cancer (Screening) - Technology Patent Announced for Early Cancer Detection

Cancer Gene Therapy - Transduction of Mutant MGMT into CD34 Cells Confers Drug Resistance

Cancer Vaccines - Collaboration Initiated to Develop Brain Cancer Treatment

Cervical Cancer - Surgical Management Safety and Delayed Treatment During Pregnancy Supported

Colon Cancer - Phase II Clinical Study Initiated for Cancer Patients

Colon Cancer (Nutrition) - Dietary Supplement NutraFlora FOS Effects Highlighted

Colorectal Cancer (Markers) - Protein Designated as Metastatic Tumor Selective Marker

Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma (Treatment) - Targretin (LGD1069) Topical Gel Interim Data Presented

International - Taxotere Receives Marketing Clearance in Additional Countries

Leukemia (Diagnostics) - CEP 8 SpectrumOrange DNA Probe Available for Clinical Use

Lymphoma - LYM-1 and Vasopermeation Enhancement Technology Demonstrated

Pain Management (Breast Cancer) - Pain Relief Found for Advanced Cancer Patients

Pancreatic Cancer - Gains Made in Treatment and Genetic Risks of Cancer

Transplantation - Approval Granted for Ceprate SC Stem Cell Concentration System

Transplantation - Cord Blood Stem Cells Seen as Advantageous Alternative

Transplantation - Stem Cell Transplants Show Rapid Engraftment in Cancer Patients

Cancer Vaccines - "Highly Efficient Ex Vivo-Gene Transfer into Primary Human Tumor Cells using Improved Recombinant Adeno-Associated Virus (rAAV) Vectors."

Cancer Vaccines - "Immunotherapeutic Approaches to the Elimination of Minimal Residual Disease."

Cancer Vaccines - "Increase of Cytotoxic Sensitivity of Primary Human Melanoma Cells Transfected with the Interleukin-7 Gene."

Cancer Vaccines - "Influence of Gene Modified (IL-7, IL-4 and B7) Tumor Cell Vaccines on Tumor Antigen Presentation."

Cancer Vaccines - "Interferon Gene Transfer and Expression in Human Leukemia and Cancer Cells."

Cancer Vaccines - "Transfer of Cytidine Deaminase (CDD) into Hematopoietic Cells Increases Resistance to Cytarabine (ARA-C)."

Cancer Vaccines - "Tumor Suppression After Cytokine Gene Transfer Into Burkitt Lymphoma Cells In A Mouse Model."

Disease Associations - "Long-Term Survivors After AML; Follow-Up on Survival and Late Side Effects of the AML5, 6 and 8, Studies of the EORTC Leukemia Cooperative Group and the GIMEMA."

Antisense Technology - "Triple Helix-Forming Oligodeoxyribonucleotides Targeted to the Human Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Gene Inhibit TNF Production and Block the TNF-Dependent Growth of Human Glioblastoma Tumor Cells. DOUBLEQ

Breast Cancer (Therapy) - "Randomized Trial of Two Versus Five Years of Adjuvant Tamoxifen for Postmenopausal Early Stage Breast Cancer."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Gene Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Long-Term Remission of Primary and Metastatic Tumors in Mice by Interleukin-2 Gene Therapy in vivo."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Tissue-Specific Growth Suppression and Chemosensitivity Promotion in Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cells by Retroviral-Mediated Transfer of the Wild-Type p53 Gene."

Head and Neck Cancer - "p53 Mutation and Locoregional Treatment Failure in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma."

Hepatitis Gene Therapy - "A Potential Therapeutic Application of Hairpin Ribozymes: In vitro and in vivo Studies of Gene Therapy for Hepatitis C virus infection."

Hepatitis Gene Therapy - "Use of Dominant Negative Mutants of the Hepadnaviral Core Protein As Antiviral Agents."

Immunotoxins - "Highly Potent CD22-Recombinant Ricin a Results in Complete Cure of Disseminated Malignant B-Cell Xenografts in SCID Mice but Fails to Cure Solid Xenografts in Nude Mice."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus in Kaposi's sarcoma Occurring in Immunosuppressed Renal Transplant Recipients."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Short Report: Herpes-Like DNA Sequences in African-Endemic and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome-Associated Kaposi's sarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "Advanced Epidemic Kaposi's sarcoma: Treatment with Bleomycin or Combination of Doxorubicin, Bleomycin, and Vincristine."

Lung Cancer - "Risk Factors for Lung Cancer and for Intervention Effects in CARET, the Beta-Carotene and Retinol Efficacy Trial."

Melanoma - "EGR-1 Induction Is Required for Maximal Radiosensitivity in A375-C6 Melanoma Cells."

Melanoma - "Loss of Intracisternal A-Type Retroviral Particles in BL6 Melanoma Cells Transfected with MHC Class I Genes."

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