Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . December 21st, 1998

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Cancer Gene Therapy - mda-7 Gene Induces Apoptosis in Breast Cancer Cells

Cancer Immunotherapy - INF-(beta) Gene Therapy Caused Tumor Regression In Mice

Cancer Immunotherapy - Immunotherapy May Reverse Drug Resistance

Cancer Immunotherapy - New Melanoma Antigens Facilitate Treatment Modalities

Chemoimmunotherapy - Cisplatin Has An Immunomodulating Effect

Combination Therapy - Ovarian Cancer Does Respond to Aggressive Therapy

Pathogenesis - MN/CA9 Gene Does Not Interact with p53 or HPV18 E6

Suicide Gene Therapy - Positive and Negative Selections Possible with Retroviruses

Treatment Complications - Radiation Induces Sarcomas in Breast Cancer Patients

Apoptosis - Angiostatin Is Cytotoxic for Endothelial Cells

Carcinoma - Predictors of Survival in HCV+ HCC Reported

Chemotherapy - CD Gene Expressed in Transduced Hematopoietic Cells

Conference Coverage (AASLD) - Angiogenesis Predictive of HCC in Chronic HCV

Growth Factors - VEGF Synthesized and Stored in Granulocytes

Hematopoiesis - VEGF Inhibits DC Development

Therapy - Imiquimod Active Against Human Papillomavirus

Bone Marrow Transplantation (ASH Conference News) - Advances in the Treatment of Blood Cell Cancers Reported

Bone Marrow Transplantation (Cord Blood) - Lab-Grown Cells Used Successfully in Adult BMT

Graft-Versus-Host Disease (Therapy) - Phase I Human Trial of Gene Regulation Drug Initiated

Immunology - Attack on Cancer Soups Up Body's Immune Cells

Kaposi's Sarcoma - Angiogenesis Inhibition Demonstrated in HIV Associated KS Model

Non-Hodgkin's B-Cell Lymphoma - Therapy Combines Radiation with Drug that Targets Tumors

Prostate Cancer (Erectile Function) - Device Helps Preserve Sexual Potency After Cancer Surgery

Prostate Cancer (Therapy) - Acylfulvene Anti-cancer Drug Study Expanded

Small-Cell Lung Cancer (Clinical Trials) - Anti-Angiogenic, Shark Cartilage-Based Therapy Trial Begins

Testing (STDs) - Clinical Trial Data Presented on the Hybrid Capture II Test

Cancer Angiogenesis - "Inflammatory Mast Cells Potentiate the Angiogenic Switch During Squamous Epithelial Carcinogenesis."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Establishment of a SCID Mouse Model for the Study of Human Cervical Cancer."

Disease Associations - "Bone Loss and Prostate Cancer."

Disease Associations - "Hepatitis C Virus-Associated Malignant Transformation in Liver Produces a Cytotoxic Antimalignin Antibody Immune Response Which Can Be Augmented by a Synthetic Vaccine."

Neoangiogenesis - "Osteoclast Recruitment, Formation, and Bone Resorptive Activity are Increased in Parallel with Neoangiogenesis on the Chick Chorioallantoic Membrane in Response to the Angiogenic Peptides bFGF or IL8."

Treatment Complications - "Body Composition in Men with Prostate Cancer Receiving Different Modalities of Androgen Ablation."

Bladder Cell Carcinoma (Diagnostics) - "Cytokeratin 20: A New Marker for Early Detection of Bladder Cell Carcinoma."

Breast Cancer - "Vascular Integrin alpha(v)beta(3): A New Prognostic Indicator in Breast Cancer."

Cancer Immunotherapy - "Adjuvant Treatment of Breast Cancer: A Pilot Immunochemotherapy Study with CMF, Interleukin-2 and Interferon alpha."

Cancer Immunotherapy - "Pharmacological Administration of Granulocyte/Macrophage-Colony-Stimulating Factor is of Significant Importance for the Induction of a Strong Humoral and Cellular Response in Patients Immunized with Recombinant C

Cancer Immunotherapy (Monoclonal Antibodies) - "An Anti-CD19 Antibody Coupled to a Tetanus Toxin Peptide Induces Efficient Fas Ligand (FasL)-Mediated Cytotoxicity of a Transformed Human B-cell Line by Specific CD4^{+ ENDSUPER}

Melanoma - "Enhancement of Complement-Dependent Cytotoxicity by Polyvalent Melanoma Cell Vaccine (CancerVax): Correlation with Survival."

Ribosomal Immunotherapy - "Economic Evaluation of Ribosomal Immunotherapy in Patients with Chronic Ear, Nose and Throat and Respiratory Tract Infections: Results for Italy."

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