Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 22nd, 1997
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Cancer Gene Therapy - 100 Percent Sorting Achieved After Retroviral-Mediated Tagging
Bone Marrow Transplantation - BMT Procedure Inaugurated At Yale Cancer Center
Bone Marrow Transplantation (Conference News) - Donor Immune Cells Can Be Trained To Cure Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Bone Marrow Transplantation (Conference News) - IPOP Care For BMT Patients Less Costly Than Standard Treatment
Bone Marrow Transplantation (Conference News) - Prolonged IFN-(alpha) Therapy Increases Risks Of Unrelated Donor Transplants
Breast Cancer (Conference News) - Breast Cancer Vaccine Works in Mice, Human Testing Still in the Future
Cancer Genetics (Conference News) - Telomerase Activity May not be Critical for Cancer Progression
Cancer Therapies (Avicidin) - Humanized Antibody Integrated Into Trials
Cancer Vaccines - Transfectant Influenza Virus Potential Vector for Tumor Immunization
Cell Biology - Key Mechanism Found By Which Cancer Cells Avoid Suicide
DNA Technology - Genetic Variation Automated Detection System Unveiled
Diagnostics - Cancer Technology Licensed To Detect Barrett's Esophagus
Diagnostics - ChromaVision Digital Analyzer Enters Clinical Trials
Diarrhea (Clinical Trials) - AIDS-Related Diarrhea Treatment Data Reported
Disease Associations - Cancer Therapy-Induced Gastrointestinal Infection Studied
Drug Development - Plant Extract Library Screening Completed
Epidemiology - Report Examines Population Trends of Eight Types of Cancer
Hairy Cell Leukemia (Conference News) - Nipent Therapy Studies Show Positive Results
Heart Disease - Alcohol in Moderation Helps Some with Heart Disease Risk
Industry News - Huntsman Cancer Institute Joins NCCN
Industry News (Diagnostics) - Viral, Cancer, and H. pylori Tests Approved in Spain, Costa Rica
Industry News (Joint Venture) - Human Papillomavirus Vaccine Alliance Formed
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - University of Texas System Awarded Patent for p16 Gene Therapy
Industry News (Transplantation) - FDA Approval of Zenapax for Kidney Transplants Announced
Kaposi's Sarcoma (Treatment) - Human Enzyme Kills Cancer Cells in Laboratory
Leukemia (Treatment) - Hycamtin Shows Promising Results as Combination Therapy in Patients
Liver Cancer - Clinical Trials Advanced for Cancer Treatment
Lymphoma - Vaccine Produces Tumor-Specific Immune Responses in Patients
Oral Cancer - Regular Dental Check-Ups Include Cancer Screening
Pathogenesis (Conference News) - Immunotherapy Research Supports Product Development Plans
Pediatric Leukemia - 90 Percent Cure Rate Said Possible
Prostate Cancer (Pathogenesis) - Detecting Prostate Cancer and Predicting its Spread
Stomach Cancer - Treating H. pylori to Prevent Cancer
Suicide Gene Therapy - HSV-tk Gene Transfer Sensitizes Cells to GCV and Radiation
Vector Development - Canine Adenoviral Vector Avoids Disadvantages of Human Adenoviruses
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Retroviral Gene Transfer of a Thymidylate Synthase-Dihydrofolate Reductase Chimera Confers Fluoropyrimidine and Antifolate Resistance."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "G-CSF-Mobilized Donor Leukocyte Infusions as Immunotherapy for Acute Leukemia in Relapse After Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation (BMT)."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Phase I/II Trial of Activated T Cells (ATC), IL-2 and GM-CSF after PBSC Transplant for Stage IIIB or IV Breast Cancer."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Retroviral Transduction of the Reporter Gene nls-LacZ in Human CD34+ Cell-Derived Dendritic Cells."
Cancer Vaccines - "Generation of Immunogenic Dendritic Cells That are Gene-Modified to Present the ERBB2 Antigen."
Disease Associations - "Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Infections in Primary Gastric and Nongastric Non-Hodgkin's Lymphomas (NHL)."
Disease Associations (NHL/HCV) - "Clinical and Histological Correlation in Non Lymphoma (NHL) with Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) Markers."
Suicide Gene Therapy - "Production of Human Suicidal Lymphocytes Induces Variable Changes in Lymphocyte Subset Composition (LSC): Potential Implications for Gene Therapy Trials."
B-Cell Lymphomas - "Retinoid-Mediated Inhibition of Cell Growth with Stimulation of Apoptosis in Aggressive B-Cell Lymphomas."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Retrovirus-Mediated Herpes Simplex Virus Thymidine Kinase Gene Transduction Renders Human Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Lines Sensitive to Ganciclovir and Radiation in vitro and in vivo."
Hematology - "Stem Cell Factor Enhances Interleukin-2-Mediated Expansion of Murine Natural Killer Cells in vivo."
Human Papillomavirus - "Human Papillomavirus Type 16 and Risk of Preinvasive and Invasive Vulvar Cancer: Results from a Seroepidemiological Case-Control Study."
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - "HIV-Associated Human Herpesvirus 8-Positive Primary Lymphomatous Radiologic Findings in Six Patients."
Prostate Cancer - "Future Benefits and Cost-Effectiveness of Prostate Carcinoma Screening."
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