Cancer Weekly

Cancer Immunity - Spontaneous and full recovery from advanced cancers is found in mouse model

Oncology - A new cytokine cocktail reduces melanoma growth in mice

Brain Cancer - Researchers detail events that enable brain tumors to weaken immune system

Breast Cancer - Value of radiation confirmed in early-stage disease

Cancer Vaccine - A syngeneic endothelial cell vaccine jumpstarts antitumor immunity in mice

Depression - Symptoms signal shorter lives for people with cancer

Lung Cancer - Taxotere with cisplatin provides better 2-year survival rate

Mesothelioma - Keratin 19 enhancer-promoter sequences enhance suicide gene therapy

Physician Practice - Doctors use confusing language in cancer consultations

Anemia and Cancer - Anemia in cancer patients can be treated with transfusion, erythropoietin

Anemia and Cancer - Anemia of cancer can occur before any treatment begins

Anticancer Therapy - Monoclonal antibodies are large portion of drugs in development

Apoptosis - Apoptosis triggered redistribution of caspase-9 from cytoplasm to mitochondria

Awards - Keck Foundation names distinguished young scholar in medical research

B-Cell Generation - Bcl11a (Evi9) is an essential component for proper immune system development

Bone Cancer - Peripheral opioids act as analgesics in bone cancer pain in mice

Brain Tumors - Glutamine transport in C6 glioma cells shows ASCT2 system characteristics

Brain Tumors - Putative tumor suppressor gene KLF6 is mutated in astrocytic gliomas

Brain Tumors - Waterjet used in the resection of brain metastases

Breast Cancer - Anti-idiotype antibody elicits antibody response in breast cancer patients

Breast Cancer - Genetics, relationship to dietary folate and alcohol are focus of study

Breast Cancer - JNK/SAPK pathway activation may be a therapeutic intervention in breast cancer

Breast Cancer - MR imaging and mammography are good measures of invasive breast malignancy

Breast Cancer - Mammography in women over 40 catches disease earlier

Breast Cancer - Mutant p53 and aberrant cytosine methylation silence gene expression

Breast Cancer - No association in polymorphisms in ERbeta gene and risk of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Screening - American Cancer Society updates guidelines for breast cancer screening

CNS Tumors - Inhibition of signaling pathways may represent promising therapeutic strategies

Cancer Drug Toxicity - Two anticancer agents may help reduce platinum-, taxane-associated toxicities

Cancer Immunotherapy - Human antiglobulin antibody response to foreign antibody may not be bad

Cancer Risk - Folic acid supplements may reduce vascular disease and cancer

Cancer Screening - People need more encouragement to get routine screenings

Cancer Therapy - Therapeutic strategies that target NK4 look promising for preventing metastasis

Cancer Transmission - Researchers give screening guidelines for infants born to women with cancer

Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccines offer new hope for treatment of endocrine tumors

Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cells prevent metastasis of HPV 16-associated tumors

Cancer Vaccine - Oncolytic adenoviral vector expressing GM-CSF exhibits anti-tumor activity

Cancer Vaccine - RNA transfection of dendritic cells induces immunity against breast cancer

Cell Proliferation Marker - Serine palmitoyltransferase may be a molecule involved in metastasis

Cervical Carcinoma - Leukemoid reaction can occur in association with cervical carcinoma

Cervical Malignant Melanoma - Primary malignant melanoma of the uterine cervix is rare

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Imantinib enhances antileukemia effect of dendritic cells

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia - Imatinib treatment does not eradicate malignant stem cells in CML patients

Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - Canadian phase I/II study for Theralux completed

Clear-Cell Sarcoma - Fine-needle aspiration yields melanin, confirming diagnosis

Collagen Imaging - Dynamic imaging of collagen in mice accomplished with second-harmonic generation

Colon Cancer - Virtual colonoscopy procedure offered as a stand-alone service

Colorectal Cancer - New research study suggests PEG-based laxatives may prevent colorectal cancer

Colorectal Cancer - Night-shift work may increase risk of colorectal cancer in women

Diarrhea - Trial shows biotherapeutic agent effective in treating GI problems

Dietary Supplements - Little known about risks and benefits of long-term supplement use

End-of-Life Care - Doctors overestimate survival of terminally ill patients

Endocrinology - Plasminogen activation by endostatin encourages endothelial cell detachment

Enzymology - Histone deacetylase inhibitors arrest MMP-2 activity to stop cancer invasion

Enzymology - Human PAR1 influences the metastatic potential of cancer

Epstein-Barr Virus - Paper reveals secrets of a cancer virus

Esophageal Neoplasm - Rare mesenchymal neoplasm of the esophagus develops in a child

Finance - Oncology company raises $9.6M

Gastric Cancer - COX-2 correlates with VEGF-A and tumor angiogenesis in gastric cancer

Gastroenterology - Cyclin D1 overexpression in normal cells may cause oncogenic transformation

Head and Neck Cancer - Angiogenesis is not the only tumor growth mechanism targeted by endostatin

Head and Neck Cancer - Excess apoptosis may predict worse outcomes in laryngeal cancer patients

Head and Neck Cancer - Extracranial-intracranial bypass reconstructs the internal carotid artery

Head and Neck Cancer - The effects of endostatin extend beyond angiostatic influence

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - COX-2 inhibition may offer a new approach for HCC chemoprevention

Hodgkin Disease - Cutaneous granulomas appear as the first manifestation of Hodgkin's disease

Immunology - Colon cancer cells that express interleukin-23 generate systemic immunity