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Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . December 22nd, 1997

Non-Subscriber - Summaries Only

Related Areas: Other Issues in Cancer Weekly | Other Publications

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."

Breast Cancer - "Presence of Functional Luteinizing Hormone Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Receptors in Human Breast Cell Lines: Implications Supporting the Premise that hCG Protects Women Against Breast Cancer."

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."

Cancer Vaccines - "Idiotype Vaccines for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Induce Polyclonal Immune Responses That Cover Mutated Tumor Idiotypes: Comparison of Different Vaccine Formulations."

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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