Cancer Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 11th, 1997
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Antisense Therapy - Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides Target bcl-2 in Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Antisense Therapy - Synthetic Oligonucleotides Target bcl-2-IgH in B Cell Lymphomas
AIDS Therapies - GEM91 Development for AIDS Stopped
Alternative Medicine - Cancer Patients Try Many Forms of Alternative Therapy
Angiogenesis - Small Molecule Inhibitors of Growth Factors Identified
Breast Cancer - FDA Approves Femara Cancer Medication
Breast Cancer - Nebraska Women Participate in Cancer Prevention Study
Breast Cancer - Pregnancy Doesn't Affect Cancer Relapse Risk
Cancer Immunology - Trouble for Cancer Vaccines: Tumors Don't Attract T Cells
Cancer Therapy - Service Informs Patients About Cancer Treatment Options
Cancer Vaccines - Immune Response Produced in Multiple Myeloma Patients
Cancer Vaccines - Payment Received for Achievement of BEC2 Vaccine Manufacturing
Cervical Cancer (Screening) - ThinPrep Pap Test Found More Effective than Conventional Pap Smear
Clinical Trials (DX-8951f) - Phase I Clinical Trials Initiated with Anti-Cancer Agent
Colorectal Cancer (Treatment) - Campto Cleared to Treat Advanced Cancer in Seven Additional Countries
Contraception (Health) - Combination Birth Control Pill Formulation Available in One-Third Lower Dose
Diagnostics - First Gene Methylation Assays Announced To Detect Loss of Tumor Suppressor Gene
Diagnostics (TB) - Elevated CA 125 Indicative of Tuberculous Peritonitis and Ovarian Cancer
Disease Associations (Health) - Famvir Use in Immunocompromised Patients Filed with FDA
Epstein-Barr Virus - Adenovirus-Delivered Ribozymes Exhibit Antiviral Effect
Funding - Cancer Fight Needs Much More Money
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - HCV Replicates in Common Cancer Tumor
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Cancer-Related Genomic Research Collaboration Announced
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Worldwide License Agreement Announced To Develop Cancer Vaccines
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Patent Filed for Oncochek Cancer Diagnostic System
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - U.S. Patent Issuance on Immune System Technology
Legal Issues - Federal District Court of Delaware Rules on CellPro Patent Litigation
Mammography - Study of Philadelphia Women Shows Outreach Efforts Increase Mammography Rates
Nutrition - Dietary Modifications May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
Nutrition - Lycopene Bioavailability and Reduced Cancer Risk Link Confirmed
Nutrition - Research Suggests Fruit Juices Are Weapons in Fight Against Cancer, Cholesterol
Prostate Cancer - Hormone Blocker and Radiation Help Cancer Survival
Risk Factors - Pesticide and Sun Exposure Pose Risks for Applicators
Thrombocytopenia - Neumega Approval Recommended for Cancer Patients with Platelet Deficiency
Transplantation - Engraftment Results with Fresh CFU-GM Different from Those of Ex Vivo Expanded Graft
Transplantation - Hammerhead Ribozymes Target Graft-vs-Host Disease-Causing Proteins
Cancer Vaccines - "GM-CSF as an Adjuvant with OncoVax-P(TM), A Prostate Cancer Vaccine in Mice."
Cancer Vaccines - "Immunization of Mice with Irradiated Melanoma Cells Transfected to Secrete Staphylococcal Enterotoxin A."
Cancer Vaccines - "Immunotherapy of Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA) Transgenic Mice with a Syngeneic Cell Vaccine."
Cancer Vaccines - "In Vitro Induction of Melanoma-Reactive HLA-A2-Restricted Cytotoxic T Lymphocytes (CTLs) after Presentation of Melanoma Antigens by Dendritic Cells."
Cancer Vaccines - "Melanoma Cell Lysate Loaded Autologous Antigen Presenting Cell (APC) as a Vaccine in Melanoma."
Immunology (Melanoma) - "Expression of Transporter Associated with Antigen Processing 1 and 2 (TAP1/2) in Malignant Melanoma Cell Lines."
Bladder Cancer (Immunotherapy) - "Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) in the Treatment of Superficial Bladder Cancer: Development of Resistance to BCG and Strategies for Overcoming Resistance to BCG (Review) -
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Employment of the mdr1 Promoter for the Chemotherapy-Inducible Expression of Therapeutic Genes in Cancer Gene Therapy."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Eradication of Murine Bladder Carcinoma by Intratumor Injection of a Bicistronic Adenoviral Vector Carrying cDNAs for the IL-12 Heterodimer and Its Inhibition by the IL-12 p40 Subunit Homodimer."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Genetic Immunization with the Free Human Chorionic Gonadotropin beta Subunit Elicits Cytotoxic T Lymphocyte Responses and Protects Against Tumor Formation in Mice."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Herpes Simplex Thymidine Kinase Gene Transfer Is Required for Complete Regression of Murine Colon Adenocarcinoma."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Potential of Varicella Zoster Virus Thymidine Kinase as a Suicide Gene in Breast Cancer Cells."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Preferential Radiosensitization of 9L Glioma Cells Transduced with HSV-tk Gene by Acyclovir."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Selective Gene Therapy for Human Lung Adenocarcinoma by Tumor-Specific Expression of Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene."
Cancer Vaccines - "Identification of Rat Prostatic Steroid-Binding Protein as a Target Antigen of Experimental Autoimmune Prostatitis - Implications for Prostate Cancer Therapy."
Immunotherapy - "Restoration of MHC Class I Surface Expression and Endogenous Antigen Presentation by a Molecular Chaperone."
Immunotoxins - "In vivo Efficacy and Toxicity of a Single-Chain Immunotoxin Targeted to CD40."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Detection of Human Herpes Virus 8 (HHV8) in Kaposi sarcoma of the Gastrointestinal Tract."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Infection of Bone Marrow Dendritic Cells from Multiple Myeloma Patients."
Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus and Human Herpesvirus 8 (KSHV/HHV8)-Associated Lymphoma of the Bowel: Report of Two Cases in HIV-Positive Men with Secon
Kaposi's sarcoma (Therapy) - "Retinoid Antagonism of NF-IL6: Insight into the Mechanism of Antiproliferative Effects of Retinoids in Kaposi's sarcoma."
Lung Cancer (Immunotherapy) - "Alternatives to Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy As Adjuvant Treatment for Lung Cancer."
Melanoma - "Superantigen-Induced Lysis of Melanoma Cells."
Sexual Dysfunction (Research) - "Sexual Dysfunction in Nonseminoma Testicular Cancer Patients Is Related to Chemotherapy-Induced Angiopathy."
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