Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . November 9th, 1998
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Suicide Gene Therapy - Cell-Specific Transgene Expression Prevents HSVtk/GCV Toxicity in the Liver
Cancer Immunotherapy - Certain Cancer Antigens are Attractive Targets for Specific Immunotherapy
Cancer Immunotherapy - GM-CSF and CD80 Gene-Transduction Cooperate in Antitumor Immunity
Cancer Immunotherapy - IL-12, IL-15 have Synergistic Immune-Modulating Effect In Vitro
Cancer Immunotherapy - OK-432 Stimulates Immune Responses From Lymph Node Cells of Cancer Patients
Gastric Cancer - Rebamipide Can Reverse the Complications of H. pylori Infection
Thyroid Cancer - RET Cooperates with RB/p53 Inactivation In the Pathogenesis of Thyroid Cancer
Animal Models (Myeloma) - Angiogenesis Is Achieved In SCID-hu Mouse
EBV - LMP1 Is Critical Oncogenic Factor
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - HME mRNA expression May Serve As Molecular Prognostic Marker
Stem Cell Transplantation - Filter System May Remove Tumor Cells
Adverse Drug Effects - Scientists Find Gene Damaged by DES
Breast Cancer - TGF-(beta) Has Prognostic Value
Breast Cancer (Epidemiology) - Data Show United Kingdom Breast Cancer Deaths Fall Sharply
Cancer Vaccines - Encouraging GVAX Vaccine Clinical Data Reported for Melanoma
Colon Cancer (Etiology) - Researchers Find Genetic Cancer Change in Healthy Cells
Industry News (Brain Cancer) - Safety Data Reported from Phase I/II Glioblastoma Study
Industry News (Breast Cancer) - Agreement to Move Forward with Vaccine Trial in the U.S. Reported
Industry News (Patents and Technology) - Antigen-Specific T-Cell Expansion Broad Patent Issuance Announced
Melanoma (Etiology) - Scientists Find Clue to Skin Cancer Development
Multiple Myeloma (Treatment) - Thalidomide Receives Approval in U.S. for Cancer Testing
Prostate Cancer - Study: Patients Need Treatment, Not "Watchful Waiting"
Prostate Cancer (Nutrition) - Plant-Based Fat Inhibits Cancer Cell Growth by Enhancing Cell's Signaling System
Prostate Cancer (Treatment) - Hormone Therapy Increases Survival of High Risk Prostate Cancer Patients
Disease Associations - "Prevalence of Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma in Patients With HCV Associated Mixed Cryoglobulinemia."
Anti-Angiogenesis Drug - "Clinical Pharmacokinetics (PK) of SU5416, a Potent Inhibitor of Tumor Angiogenesis."
Diagnostics (Computed Tomography) - "Etiology of Pulmonary Nodules in HIV Infected Patients: The Role of Computed Tomography of the Chest."
Disease Associations - "Hepatitis C Virus Infection and Malignant Lymphoproliferative Disease: French National Study."
Pathogenesis (Kaposi's Sarcoma) - "HHV-8, Proliferation, Apoptosis and Ploidy in Epidemic (AKS), Endemic (EKS), and Classical (CKS) Kaposi's Sarcoma LE
Prostate Cancer (Anti-Angiogenesis) - "Pharmacokinetics of Thalidomide in an Elderly Prostate Cancer Population."
Testosterone Release - "PK-PD Modeling of Cetrorelix Effects on Circadian Rhythm of Testosterone Release."
Apoptosis - "Molecular Ordering of Apoptosis Induced by Anticancer Drugs in Neuroblastoma Cells."
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Drug Resistance to 5-aza-2'-deoxycytidine, 2',2'-difluorodeoxycytidine, and Cytosine Arabinoside Conferred by Retroviral-Mediated
Cancer Gene Therapy - "Reversal of CPT-11 Resistance of Lung Cancer Cells by Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer of the Human Carboxylesterase cDNA."
Cancer Immunotherapy - "Expression of Signal Transducing T-Cell Receptor zeta Molecules After Adoptive Immunotherapy in Patients with Gastric and Colon Cancer."
Cancer Therapy - "Inhibition of Human Telomerase by 2'-O-methyl-RNA."
Monoclonal Antibodies - "An ELISA to Determine the Biodistribution of Human Monoclonal Antibody in Tumor-Xenografted SCID Mice."
Pancreatic Cancer - "Role of Nitric Oxide in Pancreatic Tumour Growth: in vivo and in vitro Studies."
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