Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . February 24th, 1997
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Genotyping (HCV) - Genotype 1b Associated with Increased HCC Risk
Suicide Gene Therapy - Liver Toxicity Associated with Adv-Mediated HSV-tk/GCV Gene Therapy
Alternative Medicine - Herbal Medicine: Pharmaceutical Versions Developed
Angiogenesis - Preclinical Results Reported on Anti-Cancer Therapeutics
Bladder Cancer - Cell Recovery System Trial Initiated in Cancer Diagnosis
Bladder Cancer - Immunocyt Sensitivity Confirmed In Detecting Cancer
Blood Banking - Umbilical Cord Blood Banking Offered
Brain Cancer - Higher Rates of Cancer in Eastern Idaho Counties
Breast Cancer - Unconventional Therapies Released in Research Initiative
Breast Cancer (Screening) - Screening System Ready To Begin Clinical Trial
Cancer (Diagnostics) - Optical Imaging System Detects Breast, Prostate, and Other Cancers
Cancer (Therapy) - IND Filed for Phase III Trial in Malignant Melanoma
Cancer (Therapy) - Libido-Enhancing Drug May Have Additional Applications
Cancer (Therapy) - Taxotere Receives Marketing Clearance in Five Countries
Cancer Gene Therapy - p53 Trials Expanded to Europe and Japan
Cancer Gene Therapy (Chemokines) - MIP-1(alpha) Gene Transfer Reduced Tumorigenicity and Induced Protective Immunity
Cervical Cancer - Testing Begins on Vaccine for Virus that Causes Cancer
Cervical Cancer (Screening) - Coverage Approved for ThinPrep Pap Test
Colorectal Cancer (Screening) - Cancer Testing Is Most Aggressive Worldwide
Drug Development - Isis Pharmaceuticals Touts New Drug Therapies
Funding - SBIR Grant Received for Cancer Research
Government (Policy) - Legislation to Require Coverage of Cancer Clinical Trials
Immunology - FLT-3 Ligand Phase II Studies May Be Accelerated
Industry News - Broad Spectrum Anti-Cancer Agent Acquired
Legal Issues - Feds Reject Compromise on Doctors Recommending Medical Pot
Lung Cancer - Patent Issued on Technology for Early Cancer Detection
Lung Cancer (Treatment) - Supplemental PMA Filed with FDA for Cancer Treatment
Monoclonal Antibodies - Transgenic Production of Antibodies Announced
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - FDA Approves Cancer Study, Preliminary HIV Trial Results Announced
Prostate Cancer - EchoGen Cancer Clinical Trial Results Announced
Sexually Transmitted Disease - New Venereal Diseases Strengthen Case For Safer Sex
Transplantation - Busulfanex Trials Expansion of NDA Submission Announced
Gene Transfer (Adenoviral Vectors) - "Inefficient Infection of Primitive Hematopoietic Precursors Cells (CD34+) Using CMV Driven Adenoviral Vectors (ad-v)."
Chemotherapy (Clinical Trials) - "GM-CSF Priming in the Therapy of De-Novo AML Patients: an Update of a Double-Blind Randomized, Placebo Controlled Trial."
Chemotherapy (Cost Evaluation) - "Economic Evaluation of G-CSF Use in the Therapy of Adult Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML)."
Disease Associations - "The Prevalence of Malignancy in Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Positive Patients Admitted to a Community Hospital."
Disease Associations (Prognosis) - "HIV Associated Non Hodgkin's Lymphomas With Good Prognosis Factors."
Immunology (HIV) - "Short-Term Changes In Plasma HIV RNA Following Chemotherapy for Lymphoma."
Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "DOX-SL (Stealth Liposomal Doxorubicin HCL) Maintenance Therapy After Response in AIDS Related Kaposi's Sarcoma."
Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "Role of G-CSF in AIDS Patients with Kaposi's Sarcoma Treated with Bleomycin and Vincristine."
Antisense Technology - "Treatment of Philadelphia Leukemia in Severe Combined Immunodeficient Mice by Combination of Cyclophosphamide and bcr/abl Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides."
Bladder Cancer - "Angiogenesis Inhibitor TNP-470 Suppresses Tumorigenesis in Rat Urinary Bladder."
Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia - "Cost Comparison of Recombinant Human Erythropoietin and Blood Transfusion in Cancer Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia."
Drug Development - "An Information-Intensive Approach to the Molecular Pharmacology of Cancer."
Drug Development - "Preclinical Antitumor Activity of 6-hydroxymethylacylfulvene, a Semisynthetic Derivative of the Mushroom Toxin Illudin S."
Head and Neck Carcinoma - "Generation of Therapeutic T Cells from Draining Lymph Nodes in a Murine Model of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Characterization of Ribonucleoprotein Complexes Containing an Abundant Polyadenylated Nuclear RNA Encoded by Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8)."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Human Herpesvirus KSHV Encodes a Constitutively Active G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Linked to Cell Proliferation."
Liver Cirrhosis - "Long Course and Prognostic Factors of Virus-Induced Cirrhosis of the Liver."
Prostate Cancer - "Intermittent Androgen Deprivation after PSA-Complete Response as a Strategy to Reduce Induction of Hormone-Resistant Prostate Cancer."
Prostate Cancer - "The Free-to-Total Serum Prostate Specific Antigen Ratio for Staging Prostate Carcinoma."
Vector Development - "Tracking and Quantitation of Retroviral-Mediated Transfer using a Completely Humanized, Red-Shifted Green Fluorescent Protein Gene."
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