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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 24th, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Breast Cancer (Clinical Trials) - Cryosurgery Successful in Animal Models and First Woman Recipient

Breast Cancer (Screening) - Mammography Guidelines Change Recommended

AIDS Therapies (Protease Inhibitors) - Protein Pump Prevents Saquinavir Absorption

Brain Cancer - FDA Approval Received To Test Method of Attacking Tumors

Cancer Gene Therapy - Modified Herpes Simplex Virus Shows Promise as an Anticancer Agent

Chemotherapy - Antiemetic Drug Moves Closer to Commercial Availability

Discrimination (Gender) - Bias in Medicare Reimbursement for Gender-Specific Procedures

Drug Development - Amphotec Supplemental New Drug Application Announced

Genetics - DNA Sequencing Mutation Studies Announced

Genetics - Telomeres' Function in Chromosomal Separation Discovered

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Disease Management Partner Program Initiated

Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Patent Awarded for SU101 Formulation Against Cancer

International (Asia) - Japan Specific 'CEA' Cancer Antibody Patented

International (Asia) - Japanese Ministry of Health and Welfare Approve PRS Trials

International (Asia) - Long-Term Photodynamic Therapy Data Released in Japan

Lung Cancer - U.S. Approval Sought for Cancer Treatment

Nutrition - Garlic Compounds Indicated To Inhibit Mammary Tumor Formation

Ovarian Cancer (Clinical Trials) - Funding Received To Assist in Developing Cancer Vaccine

Pain Management - Canadian Submission Announced To Market Quadramet

Prostate Cancer (Gene Therapy) - Gene Construct has Enhanced Expression and Tissue Specificity

Prostate Cancer (Screening) - Committee Votes To Require Coverage of Cancer Screening

Respiratory Disease - Grant Awarded for Gene Therapy Using AERx Pulmonary Delivery System

Risk Factors - Hospitals Emit Cancer-Causing Dioxin When They Burn Waste

Therapy - Approval Announced To Collaborate on Anti-Cancer Compounds

Therapy (Cancer) - Stem Cell Clinical Trial Initiated in Europe

Disease Associations (HEV) - "Autoimmune Diseases and Hepatitis E Virus: Serological Evidence Confirmed by an Immunoassay Based on Synthetic Viral Epitopes."

Disease Associations - "Autoimmune Liver Disease in Patients with Neoplastic Disorders."

Disease Associations (HIV) - "Unusual Tumors among HIV Patients: A Cohort Study."

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - "Long-Term Outcome of Patients with HCC Undergoing Liver Transplantation: A Single Center's Experience."

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCV) - "Combined Treatment Mitoxantrone (M), Folinic Acid (FA) and 5 Fluorouracil (SFU) + Alpha Lymphoblastoid Interferon (IFN) For Hepatocellular Carcinom

Kaposi's Sarcoma - "About the Epidemiology of Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV+ Patients."

Kaposi's Sarcoma - "Chemotherapy with Bleomycin and Vincristine in the Treatment of Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV Infection."

Prognosis (Breast Cancer) - "Evaluation of the Significance of Plasma Osteopontin Levels in Metastatic Breast Cancer."

Transfusion Medicine (Breast Cancer) - "In Vitro Cytotoxic Effects of Activated Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Against Human Breast Cancer Cell Lines."

Colorectal Cancer (Screening) - "Detection of Colorectal Carcinoma Cells in Circulating Peripheral Blood by Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Targeting Cytokeratin-20 mRNA."

Drug Delivery - "Lipid Nanoparticles for Delivering Antitumor Drugs."

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - "Relationship Between the Recurrence of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) and Serum Alanine Aminotransferase Levels in Hepatectomized Patients with Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Cirrhosis and HCC."

Kaposi's sarcoma - "Hyaluronidase Enhances the Therapeutic Effect of Vinblastine in Intralesional Treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma."

Kaposi's sarcoma - "Inflammatory Cytokines Induce Endothelial Cells to Produce and Release Basic Fibroblast Growth Factor and to Promote Kaposi's sarcoma-Like Lesions in Nude Mice."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Diagnosis) - "CT and Supplementary HR-CT of Kaposi's sarcoma of the Pulmonary Parenchyma - Morphology of Findings and Diagnostic Ranking."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Human Herpes Virus 8 (Kaposi's sarcoma Herpes Virus) and Malignant Lymphoproliferations in France: A Molecular Study of 250 Cases Including Two AIDS-Associated Body Cavity Based Lymphomas.

Liposomes - "Comparative Pharmacokinetics and Antitumor Efficacy of Doxorubicin Encapsulated in Soybean-Derived Sterols and poly(ethylene glycol) Liposomes in Mice."

Melanoma - "Identification of Subdominant CTL Epitopes of the GP100 Melanoma-Associated Tumor Antigen by Primary in vitro Immunization with Peptide-Pulsed Dendritic Cells."

Melanoma - "Identification of Tyrosinase-Related Protein 2 as a Tumor Rejection Antigen for the B16 Melanoma."

Monoclonal Antibodies - "Regression of Advanced Refractory Ovarian Cancer Treated with Iodine-131-Labeled Anti-CEA Monoclonal Antibody."

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