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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . September 29th, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Cancer Gene Therapy - Combination Antisense/Chemotherapy Knocks Out Resistant Glioma Cells

Cancer Gene Therapy - First p53 Phase II Trial in Therapy Planned To Begin

Bladder Cancer (Diagnostics) - ImmunoCyt Commercialized for Cancer Diagnosis

Breast Cancer - At-Risk Women Want Breast Cancer Gene Test - If 'Pros' Outweigh 'Cons'

Breast Cancer - U.S. Government Research: Silicone Implants Don't Cause Cancer

Cancer Genetics (p53) - U.S. Research Finds How Key Anti-Cancer Gene Works

Carcinogenesis (HCV) - Long-Term, Low-Dose IFN May Prevent HCC

Clinical Trials - NCI Plans To Sponsor Clinical Studies with Gd-Tex

Colon Cancer (Diagnostics) - Approval Gained To Market CEA-Scan Cancer Imaging Test in Canada

Diagnostics - Two Reagents Introduced for Breast and Prostate Cancer Detection

Funding - Grant Received To Expand Leukemia Research Programs

Genetics - Site-Specific Gene Integration Into Human Chromosome 19 Reported

Immunotherapy (Transfusion Medicine) - Genetically Modified Dendritic Cells Exhibit Potent Adjuvant Effect

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Anti-Cancer Research Collaboration Expanded

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Exclusive License Paclitaxel Delivery Formulation Announced

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Important Licensing Deals with Major Partners For Foscan Announced

Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Broad Patent Issued for Central Nervous System Gene Therapy

International (Europe) - Scientists in U.K. Call for Public Funding for Treating Breast Cancer

Nutrition - Anti-Carcinogenic Nutritional Supplement Marketed

Nutrition - Cancer Protection Compound Abundant In Broccoli Sprouts

Nutrition - Research Links California Cuisine with Prevention of Cancer, Heart Disease

Ovarian Cancer - Phase II Trial of Multidrug Resistance Inhibitor Scheduled to Start

Pain Management - U.S. FDA Panel Recommends Cancer Pain Drug

Pathogenesis - Researchers Show How Hepatitis Infection Leads To Liver Cancer

Pediatrics - Experts Study Rise in U.S. Childhood Cancers

Prostate Cancer - 8 of 10 Men Can't Name Any Risk Factors

Risk Factors - Sunbathing May Be Linked To Rise in Blood Cancers

Suicide Gene Therapy (CNS Tumors) - Adv-Mediated HSV-TK/GCV Therapy Promising in Preclinical Testing

Virology - New Understanding of HHV-8 Mode of Action may Help Fight HIV

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Diphtheria Toxin as a Cytotoxic cDNA for In Vivo Gene Therapy of Prostate Cancer."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Human Endothelial Cells as Cellular Vehicles for Ovarian Cancer Gene Therapy."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "The Radiosensitization of Malignant Glioma Xenografts Treated with Adenovirus Tumor Necrosis Factor Gene Therapy and 2-Deoxyglucose."

Immunotherapy (Melanoma) - "Immunological Evaluation of Immunotherapy with Mycobacterium vaccae in the Treatment of Malignant Melanoma."

Peptide-Based Vaccines (EBV) - "Prospects for a CTL-Based Vaccine to Epstein-Barr Virus."

Pharmacokinetics - "Disposition of Losoxantrone After Intravenous Administration of 14C-Losoxantrone to Cancer Patients."

Suicide Gene Therapy - "A Novel Suicide Gene Therapy Strategy with the H2 O2 -Generating Enzyme D-Amino Acid Oxidase."

Suicide Gene Therapy - "Ablation of Human Gastric Cancer Cells by Retrovirus Mediated Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene Transduction and Ganciclovir Therapy."

Bladder Cancer - "Immunotherapy of Bladder Cancer."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Anaerobic Bacteria as a Gene Delivery System That Is Controlled by the Tumor Microenvironment."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Conditionally Replicative Adenoviruses for Cancer Therapy."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Eradication of Tumor Growth Via Biolistic Transformation with Allogeneic MHC Genes."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Extended Release of Adenovirus from Polymer Microspheres: Potential Use in Gene Therapy for Brain Tumors."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Phase I Study of Immunotherapy of Cutaneous Metastases of Human Carcinoma using Allogeneic and Xenogeneic MHC DNA-Liposome Complexes."

Cancer Vaccines - "Processing of Tumor Tissues for Vaccination with Autologous Tumor Cells."

Cancer Vaccines - "Reduced Efficacy of Allogeneic Versus Syngeneic Fibroblasts Modified to Secrete Cytokines as a Tumor Vaccine Adjuvant."

Cancer Vaccines - "T-Cell Recognition of Tumor-Associated Carbohydrates: The Nature of the Glycan Moiety Plays a Decisive Role in Determining Glycopeptide Immunogenicity."

Gene Transfer - "Cationic Lipids Used in Gene Transfer."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus Sequences in Benign Lymphoid Proliferations Not Associated with Human Immunodeficiency Virus."

Radioimmunotherapy - "Bivalent Hapten-Bearing Peptides Designed for Iodine-131 Pretargeted Radioimmunotherapy."

Radioimmunotherapy - "Development of a Streptavidin-Anti-Carcinoembryonic Antigen Antibody, Radiolabeled Biotin Pretargeting Method for Radioimmunotherapy of Colorectal Reagent Development."

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