Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 18th, 1998
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Cancer Gene Therapy (Prostate) - Preclinical Model Demonstrates Safety of Suicide Gene Therapy
Cancer Immunotherapy - IL-2 or GM-CSF Secreting Neuroblastoma Cells Demonstrate Impaired Tumorigenicity
Vector Applications - Adenovirus Vectors Successfully Transduce Mobilized CD34+ Cells
Cancer Vaccines - Superantigen Soups Up Melanoma Vaccine
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma - Dual EBV and HPV Infection May Affect Regulation of Cellular Proliferation
Stem Cell Transplantation - Allogeneic Nonmyeloablative Stem Cell Transplants May Replace Allogeneic BMT
Angiogenesis - Development Status of Program Outlined
Angiogenesis - Nobel Laureate Disputes Cancer-Cure Quote in Times
Angiogenesis - UCLA Researchers Test Cancer Drug on Humans
Autotransplant - Texas Surgeons Take Out Man's Heart To Treat Cancer
Breast Cancer - U.S. FDA Approves Cancer Drug
Cancer Therapies - Patients Approach Third Year in Complete Remission Following Antibody Treatment
Cancer Therapies (Multikine) - Promising Clinical Trial Results in Cancer Patients Announced
Cervical Cancer - FDA Said Machine Can Take First Look at Pap Tests
Colorectal Cancer (Vaccine) - Cancer Cell Invasion Research May Lead to Vaccine
Disease Markers - Drug Ineffective Against Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy
Immunology - Lymphoma Study with WF10 Announced
Industry News (Patents and Technologies) - p53 Tumor Suppressor Gene Patent Awarded
Metastatic Colorectal Cancer - Expanded Indication in France for Eloxatin To Treat Cancer Received
Prophylaxis - Protease Inhibitor in Soybeans Capable of Preventing Cancer Announced
Risk Factors - Higher Cancer Risk Not Seen For Patients' Children
Disease Associations - "Association Between HHV8, HIV, Cancer and Selected Risk Factors in South Africa."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Selective Utilization of Polyamine Analogs in Developing Triplex DNA-Based Anti-Gene Therapy: Ionic and Structural Effects of Polyamine Analogs on Triplex DNA Stabilization."
Disease Associations - "HIV and Cancer in Kampala, Uganda."
Disease Associations - "Increased Incidence of Invasive Cervical Cancer (ICC) in HIV+ Women in New York City."
Transmission (HHV-8) - "Transmission of Human Herpesvirus-8 Infection to B Cells, Monocytes/Macrophages and Dendritic Cells."
Kaposi's sarcoma - "Fumagillin Analog in the Treatment of Kaposi's sarcoma: A Phase I AIDS Clinical Trial Group Study."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Adenovirus-Mediated p53 Gene Therapy and Paclitaxel Have Synergistic Efficacy in Models of Human Head and Neck, Ovarian, Prostate, and Breast Cancer."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Recombinant PML Adenovirus Suppresses Growth and Tumorigenicity of Human Breast Cancer Cells by Inducing G1 Cell Cycle Arrest and Apoptosis."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Combined Levamisole With Recombinant Interleukin-2 (IL-2) in Patients With Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma: A Phase II Study."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Repeated Treatment With Antibody-Targeted Superantigens Strongly Inhibits Tumor Growth."
Epstein-Barr Virus - "Epstein-Barr Virus Strain Variation in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma From the Endemic and Non-Endemic Regions of China."
Epstein-Barr Virus (Disease Associations) - "Epstein-Barr Virus Detection in Nasopharyngeal Tissues of Patients With Suspected Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma."
HHV-8 - "Deregulation of Cell Growth by the K1 Gene of Kaposi's Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus."
Human Chorionic Gonadotropin - "Effects of a Urinary Factor From Women in Early Pregnancy on HIV-1, SIV, and Associated Disease."
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