Cancer Weekly

Disease Associations - Blood transfusion linked to liver cancer risk in a high-endemic area of Japan

Finance - First quarter net losses due to company expansion

Gliomas - Antisense oligonucleotide sensitizes cancer cells to ionizing radiation, drugs

Gliomas - Transcription factor overexpression leads to bax-independent cell death

Gliomas - Tumor-sensitized lymphocytes are immunotherapeutic in rat model

HIV/AIDS Cancer - Rituximab effective against CD20+ non-Hodgkin lymphoma cells

Helicobacter Pylori - Ulcer-causing pathogen uses hydrogen for energy

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - IFN therapy doesn't prevent liver cancer in HCV-compensated cirrhosis

Human Papillomavirus - HPV vaccine offers hope

Human Papillomavirus - Tumor model established in HLA-A*0201 transgenic mice to test vaccines

Hypoxia - Pancreatic ductal carcinomas reveal protein-specific angiogenesis

Imaging - Mammograms may detect heart disease

Imaging Technology - Novel tracer developed for imaging VEGF in vivo using PET

Melanoma - Adjuvant immunotherapy using vaccinia viral lysates found ineffective

Melanoma - Strong VEGF expression in malignant tumors aids differentiation of lesions

Metastasis - Cancer's deadly signature revealed by gene chip technology

Multiple Myeloma - Thalidomide-like compound shows early promise

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Genitope initiates clinical trial to evaluate GTOP-99 following use of Rituxan

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Personalized vaccine for NHL being tested at New York Weill Cornell

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Impact of adenovirus-vectored gene therapy on tumor angiogenesis studied

Nutrition - Clinical trial looks at using nutrients to prevent cancer

Ovarian Cancer - AP5280 was well tolerated at platinum doses in phase I trial

Ovarian Cancer - Combined PET-CT better at detecting metastases

Pancreatic Cancer - Antigastrin immunogen induces immune response in phase II study

Pancreatic Cancer - Gene transfer encourages longer survival, fewer pancreatic tumors

Pancreatic Cancer - NDA for Orathecin gets fast-track designation

Pancreatic Cancer - NK4's antiangiogenic activity holds promise for gene therapy

Pancreatic Cancer - T-cell targeting immunotherapy "still a hypothesis"

Partnerships - $2.1M clinical consulting contracts announced

Prostate Cancer - Antitumor reactivity of peptide-induced CTLs important for epitope selection

Prostate Cancer - Company announces launch of phase I clinical trial of MLN2704

Prostate Cancer - Gene therapy may be a safe and effective adjuvant to radiation treatment

Prostate Cancer - Novel human prostate-specific antigen may have diagnosis, therapy applications

Prostate Cancer - Routine screening may not improve outcomes

Solid Tumors - Plasma VEGF levels have prognostic value in AML, not myelodysplastic syndromes

Stem Cell Transplantation - Reduced-intensity conditioning lowers viral respiratory infection mortality

Stomach Cancer - Lipid-mediated ICAM-1 gene transfection suppresses peritoneal metastasis

Stress - Ability to cope may play role in cancer progression

Tumor Blood Vessels - Research continues into anionic phospholipids

Uterine Cancer - Possible association between angiogenesis and early-stage cancer detected