Cancer Weekly

Ovarian Cancer - Tumor cell sensitivity - then resistance - to chemotherapy linked to gene

Pancreatic Cancer - Scientists uncover role of Fanconi anemia genes

Breast Cancer - Lower survival for black women under 50 may be due to differences in treatments

Cancer Therapy - Cell migration is the object of vascular targeting by combretastatin A-4

Colon Cancer - High-calorie diet seems to increase chances of surviving longer

Prostate Cancer - Radioactive seed implantation safe and effective as alternative to surgery

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Gene dosage aids detection of 9p21 deletions in children

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia - Intensified GVHD prophylaxis enables haploidentical stem cell transplants

Allergy-Cancer Associations - Dust mite allergy increases the risk of prostate cancer

Aplastic Anemia - Antithymocyte globulin and cyclosporine can lead to Merkel cell carcinoma

Asbestos Toxicity - Ascorbic acid modifies the surface of asbestos, removing iron and silica

B Cells - Dexamethasone and anti-IgM apoptosis will not occur if Ik-6 is overexpressed

Bleeding Disorder - Acquired von Willebrand syndrome occurs in some geriatric patients

Bone Marrow Transplant - Lymphoproliferative disorder can have EBV infection in both B and T cells

Breast Cancer - 1100delC may be the only CHEK2 allele that contributes to breast cancer

Breast Cancer - Absorption and metabolism determined the tissue pharmacokinetics of capecitabine

Breast Cancer - Biological markers or lack thereof are predictive of clinical recurrence

Breast Cancer - Molecular analysis of early lesions may be key to choosing best treatment

Breast Cancer - Other active and safer SERMs and aromatase inhibitors need to be developed

Breast Cancer - Overexpression of KCNK9 in cell lines promotes tumor formation

Breast Cancer - Sentinel lymph node biopsy is accurate for staging

Breast Cancer - Tissue bank lowers cost of materials

Breast Cancer Screening - Mammograms read by specialists save patients' time and money

Cancer Epigenetics - DNA methylation markers are promising future tools in the clinic

Cancer Immunotherapy - TNF-alpha production induced from human monocytes by beta-1,3-glucan oligomer

Cancer Mortality - Cancer now No. 1 cause of death in U.K. men

Cancer Prognosis - Vascular growth factor predicts recurrence in liver cancer patients

Cancer Therapy - Homocysteine is a strong suppressor of human tumor cell gelatinases

Cancer Therapy - Permission given to initiate LEP-ETU clinical trial

Cancer Vaccine - Antibody mimic CO17-1A elicits immune response in colorectal cancer patients

Cancer Vaccine - Costimulatory molecule vaccine effective against B-cell lymphoma in mice

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Oncogene-expressing stem cells downregulate tumor suppressor BRCA1

Colon Cancer - First results released from largest diet-cancer study ever undertaken

Colon Cancer - PET scans are superior to CT scans for detecting metastasis

Colon Cancer - p53 Protein is a mechanism of resistance to amifostine-induced apoptosis

Colonoscopy - MR colonoscopy is noninvasive, safe, and highly accurate

Colorectal Cancer - Ets-1 marks angiogenic potential and prognosis in colorectal carcinomas

Colorectal Cancer - Increased dysadherin expression lowers patient survival

Colorectal Cancer - S-1 active in advanced colorectal cancer

Colorectal Cancer - Significant public misconceptions persist about cancer screening

DNA Vaccine - Lipopolysaccharide not needed for T-cell response to DNA vaccination

Dermatology - A novel integrin antagonist induces apoptosis in angiogenic endothelial cells

Dyskeratosis Congenita - Dyskeratosis congenita is associated with three malignancies many years later

Endometrial Cancer - Gene mutation in some uterine tumors may signal that cancer runs in family

Esophageal Carcinoma - Radiotherapy may be a treatment of choice for liver metastasis

Fetal Nephroblastoma - Bilateral fetal rhabdomyomatous nephroblastoma occurs in a 10-month-old baby

Fine Needle Aspirates - KOC is a novel molecular indicator of malignancy

Gastric Cancer - CA 72-4 antigen can be considered the marker of choice in patient follow-up

Gynecology - Lysophosphatidic acid is an angiogenic mediator in ovarian cancer

Head and Neck Cancer - Multiple assays confirm esophageal cancer rib marrow micrometastasis

Hearing Loss - Bilateral irreversible hearing loss is associated with chemotherapy

Helicobacter Pylori - The virulence gene cagA and MUC2 mucin are linked with cancer risk

Hepatic Carcinoma - Tube cholangio-jejunal bypass performed in unresectable hepatic hilar carcinoma

Hepatobiliary Cancer - Homozygous deletion scanning reveals alternative pathways for carcinogenesis

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Enhanced specific gene expression is a new strategy for treating liver cancer

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hemolysis and hemoglobinuria occur during radiofrequency ablation of liver tumor

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Macrophage inflammatory protein marks a therapy's efficacy against liver cancer

Human Papillomavirus - Strong association seen between penile SCC and the presence of HPV DNA

Imaging - Image-enhancing tool could improve cancer diagnosis and treatment

Imaging - MDCT shows promise in detecting urinary tract cancers

Imaging Technology - Technique developed for serial in vivo imaging of antigen-specific T cells

Immune Therapy - Cutaneous B-cell pseudolymphoma is a recurrent risk years after antigen therapy

Inflammation - Lipoxins work towards resolution of intestinal and other inflammations

Kidney Cancer - Extreme heat effective for treatment