Cancer Weekly

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . May 31st, 1999

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Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Liposomes Increase Immune Response in Cancer Vaccine

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Reduced PSA Level Associated with Prolonged Survival

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Oral 5'-DFUR and MPA Reduce Pain in Cancer Patients

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Prostate Cancer Responds to Immunotherapy Clinical Trial

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Retroviral Vector Safe When Given As Multiple Injections

Human Papillomavirus (Treatment) - Nucleoside Phosphonate Analog Suppresses HPV

Breast Cancer (Therapy) - Tamoxifen Urged for At-Risk Women

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - BM Angiogenesis of Prognostic Value in MM

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Bone Marrow Neo-Angiogenesis in Multiple Myeloma

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Double Cycle Stem Cell Approach for Metastatic Breast Cancer

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Nasal Antiangiogenic Agent Effective in Kaposi's Sarcoma

Conference Coverage (ASCO) - Support for Anti-Integrin MoAb Therapy for Kaposi's Sarcoma

Breast Cancer (ASCO Conference News) - Some Cancer Experts Hold Out Hope for Bone Marrow Transplants

Breast Cancer (Therapy) - Drug Combination Found Effective in Treating Advanced, Recurrent Cancer

Breast Cancer (Therapy) - Taxotere Plus Adriamycin Outperforms Standard Combination

Cancer Vaccines (Breast/Ovarian Cancers) - Survival Increased Following Chemotherapy and Stem Cell Transplant

Clinical Trials (Economics) - Costs for Cancer Clinical Trials Comparable to Standard Treatment

Colon Cancer (Pathogenesis) - Scientists Identify Protein That Sets Stage for Cancer in Mice

Colorectal Cancer (ASCO Conference News) - Tumor Characteristics May Help Explain Tumor Biology and Prognosis

Colorectal Cancer (Metastasis) - Technique for Treating Liver Metastasis Improves Survival

Neovasculature (Tumor) - "Cancer-Associated Neovasculature Expresses Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen (PSMA)."

Antiangiogenesis - "A Phase II Trial of Humanized Monoclonal Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Antibody (rhuMAb VEGF) in Hormone Refractory Prostate Cancer (HRPC)."

Antiangiogenesis (Cancer) - "A Phase II Evaluation of Thalidomide in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Engineered Herpes Simplex Virus for Treatment of Gliomas."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Serum Free Conditions for Retroviral Vector Mediated Transduction of Hematopoietic Cells."

Cancer Immunotherapy - "A Phase I Trial of GP100/Tyrosinase Peptide-Pulsed Dendritic Cells for Metastatic Melanoma."

Cancer Immunotherapy - "Effective In Vivo Anti-Tumor Immune Responses with T7 Vector Transfected Dendritic Progenitor Cells."

Cancer Pain Relief - "A Phase II Study of Irinotecan (CPT-11) as Palliative Therapy in Refractory Advanced Colorectal Cancer (CRC)."

Cancer Vaccines (Prostate) - "A Phase I Trial of Recombinant Prostate Specific Antigen Expressing Vaccinia Virus Vaccine, PROSTVAC (rV-PSA) in Advanced Prostate Cancer."

Clinical Trials - "A Phase II Study of Two Cycles of High-Dose Chemotherapy with Autologous Stem Cell Support in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer Who Meet Eligibility Criteria for A Single Cycle."

Clinical Trials (Breast Cancer) - "A Multicenter Phase II Trial of Xeloda^Tm (Capecitabine) in Taxane-Refractory Metastatic Breast Cancer."

Antiangiogenesis - "Lovastatin and Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha Exhibit Potentiated Antitumor Effects Against Ha-ras-transformed Murine Tumor Via Inhibition of Tumor-Induced Angiogenesis."

Breast Cancer - "A Phase I/II Study of Vinorelbine, Doxorubicin, and Methotrexate With Leucovorin Rescue as First-Line Treatment for Metastatic Breast Cancer."

Breast Cancer - "Diagnosis and Therapy of Breast Cancer Since the Population-Wide Introduction of a Mammography Screening Programme in the Ambulant Health Care System of Luxembourg."

Breast Cancer - "Double-Phase Tc-99m Sestamibi Scintimammography to Assess Angiogenesis and P-Glycoprotein Expression in Patients With Untreated Breast Cancer."

Breast Cancer - "Increased Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Tumor Cells and Increased Production of the Receptor for Urokinase Plasminogen Activator in Endothelial Cells Are Associated With Lymph Node Metastasis in Human Breast Cancer."

Cancer Gene Therapy - "Cytosine Deaminase/5-Fluorocytosine Gene Therapy Can Induce Efficient Anti-Tumor Effects and Protective Immunity in Immunocompetent Mice But Not in Athymic Nude Mice."

Cervical Cancer - "Utility of Liquid-Based Cytology for Cervical Carcinoma Screening - Results of a Population-Based Study Conducted in a Region of Costa Rica With a High Incidence of Cervical Carcinoma."

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