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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . October 6th, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

Antisense Technology (Cervical Cancer) - Changes in HPV E6/E7 and Rb Protein Expression Alters Growth Rate

Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Lisofylline Development Collaboration Expanded To Include AML

Cancer Immunotherapy - Irradiated B7-1-Transduced Leukemic Cells Provide Protective, Therapeutic Immunity

Cancer Vaccines - Transduced Dendritic Cells Stimulate Immune Response

Colon Cancer (Risk Factors) - Big Meat Eaters Have Increased Cancer Risk

Colorectal Cancer - Phase I/II Cancer Vaccine Clinical Trial Initiation Announced

Colorectal Cancer (Screening) - V.A. Study Evaluating Sheathed Endoscopes Effectiveness Concludes

Disease Associations - Orphan Drug Status Sought for Xerecept

Gene Transfer - Retroviral Transfer of GFP Facilitates Sorting of Hematopoietic Cells

Genetics - KILLER/DR5 Triggers Cancer Cell Death After Chemotherapy Or Radiation

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Agreement Signed for Cancer Collaboration

Industry News (Joint Venture) - Alliance Announced To Develop Antifungal Pharmaceutical Products

Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Epimmune Subsidiary Receives Patent in Therapeutics Program

Insurance - Agreement Reached On Covering Costs of Patient Care During Studies

International (The Americas) - Noncommunicable Diseases: Threat to Health in Western Hemisphere

Kaposi's Sarcoma - FDA Committee Recommends Approval of Paxene

Legal Issues - Lawsuit May Open Fresh Front in Tobacco Wars

Lung Cancer - Photofrin Approval Announced for Treatment of Early-Stage Cancer

Osteosarcoma - Simpler Treatment Helps Bone Cancer Sufferers

Pathogenesis (HCV) - Hepatitis C Could Play Role in B-Cell Lymphoma

Pediatrics - Childhood Cancer Rates on the Rise, Cord Blood May Provide Answer

Risk Factors - Diet Changes Can Reduce Cancer Risk

Skin Cancer - Anti-Tanning Crusade May Be Increasing Risk of Cancer

Thyroid Cancer - Genetically Engineered Substance Improves Thyroid Cancer Testing

Transplantation - Trials Initiated of Umbilical Cord Blood Transplants in Cancer Patients

Vector Development - Scientists Develop Second Generation Lentiviral Gene Delivery System

Cancer Vaccines - "Clonal Heterogeneity of Antigenic Properties of Human Melanoma Cells."

Cancer Vaccines - "Coexpression of GM-CSF Alpha and Beta Chains in Human Breast Carcinoma: A Possible Limit to Vaccine Immunotherapy."

Cancer Vaccines - "Measurement of TCRBV Subfamily and T Cell Clonotype Frequencies in Heterogeneous lymphocyte Populations."

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

Disease Associations (HCV-HCC) - "Management of Hepatitis C - Related HCC and Its Prevention with Interferon."

Disease Associations (HIV) - "HIV Unrelated Malignancies Among HIV Infected Patients."

Disease Associations (TB) - "Mycobacteremia in Immunocompromised Patients."

Epidemiology (Kaposi's Sarcoma) - "Is the Epidemiology of Kaposi's Sarcoma in HIV Changing?."

Vaccine Development (HPV-16) - "Development of a Salmonella-Based Prophylactic Vaccine Against Human Papillomavirus HPV 16."

Breast Cancer - "Effects of OK-432 (Picibanil) on the Estrogen Receptors of MCF-7 Cells and Potentiation of Antiproliferative Effects of Tamoxifen in Combination with OK-432."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Development of an Adenovirus Vector with Tetracycline-Regulatable Human Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha Gene Expression."

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - "Synergy Between Transforming Growth Factor alpha and Hepatitis B Virus Surface Antigen in Hepatocellular Proliferation and Carcinogenesis."

Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HBV) - "p53 Mutations, Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection, and Aflatoxin Exposure in Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Taiwan."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Prevalence of Human Herpesvirus-8 in Skin Lesions."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "The Protease and the Assembly Protein of Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8)."

Kaposi's sarcoma (KSHV) - "Transmissible Kaposi's sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus (Human Herpesvirus 8) in Saliva of Men with History of Kaposi's sarcoma."

Monoclonal Antibodies - "Immunoreactivity of Human MAb BT32/A6 with Neuroepithelial Tumors."

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