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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . March 31st, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Cancer Gene Therapy - Two Adenovirally Transferred Tumor Suppressor Genes Cooperate in Apoptosis

Brain Cancer - Connexin43 Gene Properties Tapped for Tumor-suppressing

Breast Cancer - Cancer Report Finds Early Detection Saves More Lives

Carcinogenesis - Necroinflammation Critical in Hepatitis-Linked HCC

Cervical Cancer (Screening) - Marketing Agreement Announced To Launch Pap Plus Speculoscopy

Chemotherapy - Pre-Clinical Drug Studies Indicate TNF-(alpha) Inhibition

Disease Markers (Anemia) - INFeD Promoted in Cancer Market

Drug Resistance (Chemotherapy) - Preliminary Phase I Trial Results for Annamycin Announced

Genetics - Tissue-Specific Geneswitch Technology In Vivo Demonstration Announced

Hyperprolactinemia - Dostinex Launched for Benign Tumor-related Disorder

Industry News (Acquisitions) - International Rights Acquired To Commercialize Oncology Product

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Agreement Signed To Produce Albumin in Transgenic Cows

Industry News (Joint Venture) - CRADA Signed in Area of Gene Expression

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Cancer Vaccine Research Collaboration and License Agreement Established

Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Japanese Patent Allowance Notified for Genetic Antisense

Insurance (Viatical Settlements) - Cashing in Early on Life Insurance Policies Getting Tougher

Internet - On-Line Services Launched for Cancer Patients

Kaposi's sarcoma - Antisense Inhibitor of KS Growth Stimulator Inhibits Tumor

Kaposi's sarcoma - Promising KS Treatment Data Reported

Melanoma - Leukine Lengthens Survival for Late-Stage Skin Cancer Patients

Oral Mucositis/Stomatitis - Market Clearance Received To Add Indications To Labels

Ovarian Cancer - Cornstarch-Based Feminine Powders Do Not Pose Increased Risk

Pathogenesis - Key to Uncontrolled Growth of Certain Cancers Found

Prostate Cancer (Eulexin) - Complete Hormonal Therapy Maintains Normal Quality Of Life

Suicide Gene Therapy - HSVtk/GCV Gene Therapy Effective against In Vivo Prostate Cancer Model

Suicide Gene Therapy (HCC) - Cytosine Deaminase Gene Therapy Targets Hepatocellular Carcinoma In Vivo

Therapy - Oncolysin B Development Discontinued

Therapy (Radiosurgery) - 'Precision Therapy' Cancer Treatment Available in U.S.

Bone Marrow Transplantation (Leukemia) - "Effect of Prior Interferon Therapy on Outcome of HLA-Identical Sibling Bone Marrow Transplants for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) in First Chronic Phase."

Bone Marrow Transplantation (Leukemia) - "Potential for Cure of B-Cell CLL and SLL: Prolonged Disease Free Survival and Molecular Remissions Following Autologous and Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation."

Bone Marrow Transplantation (NHL) - "CD6 Depleted Allogeneic and Syngeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT) for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma."

Cancer Vaccines - "Active Specific Immunotherapy of Breast Cancer: Improved Survival Correlates with Anti-STn Antibody Induced by STn-KLH (THERATOPE) Vaccine."

Cancer Vaccines - "Modified Tumor Cells as Cellular Vaccines."

Kaposi's sarcoma (Pathogenesis) - "Lymphocyte Adhesion and Transmigration Through Kaposi's Sarcoma Cells: Study in Static and Dynamic Flow Models."

Bone Marrow Transplantation - "Thymidine Kinase (TK) Gene-Transduced Human Lymphocytes Can Be Highly Purified, Remain Fully Functional, and Are Killed Efficiently with Ganciclovir."

Breast Cancer - "Preclinical Studies with Fc gamma R Bispecific Antibodies and Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor-Primed Neutrophils As Effector Cells Against HER-2/neu Overexpressing Breast Cancer."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Adenovirus-Mediated Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene and Ganciclovir Therapy Leads to Systemic Activity Against Spontaneous and Induced Metastasis in an Orthotopic Mouse Model of Prostate Cancer."

Cancer Vaccines - "In vitro Generation of Human Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes Specific for Peptides Derived from Prostate-Specific Antigen."

Cancer Vaccines - "Induction of Antitumor Immunity by an Anti-Idiotype Antibody Mimicking Carcinoembryonic Antigen."

Cancer Vaccines - "Recombinant Interleukin-2 Acts as an Adjuvant and Helps to Increase the Efficacy of Tumour Vaccines."

Electrochemotherapy - "In vivo Antitumor Effects of Electrochemotherapy in a Hepatoma Model."

Electrochemotherapy - "Novel Electrode Designs for Electrochemotherapy."

Fusion Proteins - "Construction of a Recombinant Human GM-CSF/MCAF Fusion Protein and Study on Its in vitro and in vivo Antitumour Effects."

Head and Neck Cancer - "Thymidylate Synthase Expression and Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Head and Neck Cancer."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "A Single 13-Kilobase Divergent Locus in the Kaposi sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8) Genome Contains Nine Open Reading Frames That Are Homologous to or Related to Cellular Proteins. D

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Human Herpesvirus-8/Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus in Organ Transplant Patients with Immunosupression."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Encodes a Functional Cyclin."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Strain Variability among Kaposi sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8) Genomes: Evidence That a Large Cohort of United States AIDS Patients May Have Been Infected by a Single Common Isol

Melanoma - "Fluence Rate Effects on Photodynamic Therapy of B16 Pigmented Melanoma."

Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - "Opportunistic Infection and Immunologic Function in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Associated Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Treated with Chemotherapy."

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