Cancer Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . December 10th, 2002
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Cancer Therapy - Modified tetracycline may help prevent cancer recurrence
Renal Cell Carcinoma - Oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor PKI166 limits kidney cancer angiogenesis
Bioengineering - Mutated plasminogen precursor manufactures angiostatin
Breast Cancer - Molecular tag pinpoints which tumors are most likely to spread
Cancer Antigens - Tumor vaccine raises antigen-specific response in gastric cancer patients
Cancer Vaccine - Cyclophilin B peptide fails in phase 1 lung cancer trial
Cervical Cancer - American Cancer Society issues new early detection guidelines
Awards - UT Southwestern researcher wins AstraZeneca Excellence in Chemistry Award
Cancer Detection - SpectRx completes milestone clinical study of new noninvasive cervical cancer device
Cancer Therapy - New method could overcome drug resistance in cancer, infectious diseases
Cancer Therapy - New way to stop cancer cell growth described
Cancer Vaccines - Activation of tumor-reactive CTL by weak agonists could be new design approach
Cancer Vaccines - DNA fusion vaccine components induce protective CTL against a single epitope
Cancer Vaccines - Leukapheresis products are potential sources of quantities of dendritic cells
Cell Biology - First results from novel antiangiogenic drug trial in patients
Cell Biology - Scientists describe new genetic option for thwarting cancer
Chemotherapy - Preclinical studies identify novel ways to enhance effect
Colorectal Cancer - Link to human cytomegalovirus seen
Compliance - Who gets cancer treatment, and who completes it?
Drug Resistance - Gene transfer sensitizes liver cancer cells to chemotherapy
Hematologic Malignancies - Encouraging results reported on Trisenox in myelodysplasia, CML
Hepatectomy - Postsurgical hepatitis linked to shortened survival
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Halfway mark reached in enrollment for pivotal phase III ETHECC trial
Kidney Cancer - Cell fusion vaccine approach being tested
Lung Cancer - Study of Navelbine plus gemcitabine suggests similar efficacy to standard therapy
Melanoma - Interleukin-12 an unexpected suppressor in dendritic cell vaccine
Melanoma - T-cell clones shrink tumors
Metastatic Melanoma - Therapeutic polyvalent vaccine prolongs overall survival
Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer - Loss of Dpc4 expression helps distinguish among carcinomas
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Interim data on Onco TCS evaluated
Oral Cancer - Norwegian study demonstrates targeted coxibs may prevent disease
Ovarian Cancer - Gynecologic Oncology Group to conduct phase III trial of Xyotax
Ovarian Cancer - Neutralizing antibody plus paclitaxel diminish ovarian tumors
Prostate Cancer - 3D conformal radiotherapy allows more aggressive prostate cancer treatment
Prostate Cancer - RNA drug technology targets new molecular defects
Prostate Cancer - U of Chicago School of Medicine receives $1.1 million to study squalamine
Solid Tumors - Gene therapy combined with radiation shows tumor shrinkage
Stem Cell Research - Peripheral blood can help determine stem cell telomere length
T Cell Lymphoma - HuMax-CD4 to be tested in cancer patients
Throat Cancer - Lack of galectin-3 expression linked to poor outcome in node-negative patients
Thyroid Cancer - Gene enhancer enables selectivity in thyroid cancers
Virology - University of Pittsburgh findings illustrate how KSHV causes cancer
Women's Health Risk - Obesity increases risk of death from ovarian cancer in postmenopausal women
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