Cancer Weekly
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 22nd, 2006
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Brain Cancer - Brain cancer tumorigenesis inhibited by schwannomin
DNA Research - Human cells protected from oxidative DNA damage by FPG protein
Leukemia - Leukemia was treated by cytarabine in combination with 7-hydroxystaurosporine
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer incidence preceded by promoter hypermethylation of multiple genes
Prostate Cancer - Prostatic metastatic migration potentiated by arachidonic acid
Adenocarcinoma - Lung adenocarcinoma cells may be targeted by short hairpin RNA targeting EGFR
Adverse Drug Reaction - Strategies to reduce the risk of chemoprevention discussed
Alopecia - Alopecia may be treated by alopestatin
Alzheimer Disease - Signet Laboratories announces release of sAPPbeta antibody critical for Alzheimer research
Angiogenesis - Angiogenesis and endothelial cell functions are inhibited by sulforaphane
Antifungals - Data from Japan, Thailand and Canada advance knowledge in antifungals research
Apoptosis - Studies from Canada and the United Kingdom add new findings to apoptosis body of knowledge
Apoptosis - Studies from Scotland, the People's Republic of China and Japan describe new findings in apoptosis research
Assisted Reproduction - Netherlands scientists report culturing bovine sperm stem cells in mouse testes
Astrocytoma - Diffusely infiltrative low-grade gliomas in adults discussed
Astrocytomas - Findings from Canada, the United States and Poland in astrocytomas provide new insights
Awards - Immunicon's CellTracks Analyzer II wins medical design excellence award
Awards - Susan Band Horwitz, PhD, wins Bristol-Myers Squibb award for achievement in cancer research
Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia - Nymox's safety data for benign prostatic hyperplasia drug reveals no serious side effects
Bladder Cancer - Bladder cancer invasiveness linked to overexpression of alpha-defensin
Bladder Cancer - Bladder cancer prognosticated by soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-I levels
Bladder Cancer - Chimney technique preferred over LeDuc ureteroileal anastomosis for bladder cancer
Bladder Cancer - MDCT shows potential for detecting bladder cancer without surgery or contrast
Brain Cancer - Researchers from Finland, Ireland and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of brain cancer
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer cell proliferation is inhibited by ritonavir
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer detection by sentinel lymph node dissection discussed
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer diagnosed by SPECT-CT lymphoscintigraphy
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer incidence may be associated with larger bra cup size in premenopausal women
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer metastasis inhibited by prostaglandin E receptor EP4 antagonism
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer patient lymph node status predicted by sentinel node biopsy
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer patients spared from axillary lymph node dissection
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer prognosticated by glycoprotein pMQ1
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer radiobiology described
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer risk may not be associated with tubal sterilization
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer survival not predicted by number of histologically examined axillary lymph nodes
Breast Cancer - Breast cancer treatment challenges addressed with radiotherapy
Breast Cancer - Breast conservation radiotherapy boost technique evaluated
Breast Cancer - Findings from Canada, yuqing@bu and the United States in breast cancer provide new insights
Breast Cancer - Findings from Germany and Italy advance knowledge in breast cancer research
Breast Cancer - Inadequate referrals may be only partly to blame for disparities seen in adjuvant therapy
Breast Cancer - Inflammation markers identify cause of chronic fatigue in breast cancer survivors
Breast Cancer - New findings from France, Switzerland and Italy in the area of breast cancer described
Breast Cancer - New findings from the United States, United Kingdom and Italy in the area of breast cancer detailed
Breast Cancer - New findings in breast cancer described from the United Kingdom, Germany and United States
Breast Cancer - Papillary lesions detected at percutaneous breast biopsy often reveal malignancy
Breast Cancer - Postmastectomy radiotherapy reviewed
Breast Cancer - Provectus successfully completes initial phase I recurrent breast cancer trial objectives
Breast Cancer - Recent findings from the United States, Netherlands; p and Switzerland illuminate research in breast cancer
Breast Cancer - Recent findings in breast cancer described by researchers from Norway, and Belgium
Breast Cancer - Reports from the United Kingdom, DK-2100 Copenhagen; jorgen@cancer and United States add new data to breast cancer research
Breast Cancer - Research from the United States and France add new data to breast cancer body of knowledge
Breast Cancer - Researchers from Croatia and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer
Breast Cancer - Researchers from the United States and Israel detail new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer
Breast Cancer - Researchers from the United States, France and Italy describe findings in breast cancer studies
Breast Cancer - Role of axillary lymph node dissection in breast cancer patients studied
Breast Cancer - Studies from the People's Republic of China, Germany and Sweden describe new findings in breast cancer research
Breast Cancer - Women undergoing contralateral prophylactic mastectomy report satisfaction with decision
Breast Cancer Vaccine - HER2/neu peptide induces epitope spreading in early stage breast cancer
Business & Finance - Celgene Corporation reports record revenue and operating profits
Business & Finance - CuraGen reports first quarter net loss of $13.9 million
Business & Finance - Cytokinetics, Incorporated reports first quarter financials, company highlights
Business Update - DOR BioPharma granted SME status by the European Commission and the EMEA
Business Update - Evotec signs two significant contracts with Roche
Business Update - HealthTrust Purchasing Group awards mammography CAD contract to iCAD, Inc., for SecondLook
Business Update - Seattle Genetics, Laureate sign agreement to manufacture monoclonal antibody drug candidates
Business Update - Spinal tumor treatments with robotic radiosurgical system up 75% since April 2005 launch
Business Update - XOMA, AVEO sign agreement to use human engineering technology to humanize anti-HGF antibody
Cancer Gene Therapy - Adenovirus-mediated gene delivery inhibits nasopharyngeal tumor growth
Cancer Gene Therapy - Antitumor prodrug gene therapy is enhanced using a low Km cyclophosphamide
Cancer Gene Therapy - Mesenchymal progenitor cells deliver oncolytic adenoviruses
Cancer Gene Therapy - Prostate cancer can be treated via adenovirus combination therapy
Cancer Gene Therapy - Tumor-specific apoptotic gene targeting overcomes radiation resistance in esophageal adenocarcinoma
Cancer Incidence - Cancer incidence may be modified by applying cancer control knowledge to all populations
Cancer Prevention - Breast and/or ovarian cancer risk reduction surgery in at-risk women examined
Cancer Prevention - Decrease in oxidative DNA damage seen with extra virgin olive oil may reduce cancer risk
Cancer Research - Data from South Korea and Germany advance knowledge in cancer research
Cancer Research - New data from the United States and Canada lluminates research in cancer
Cancer Research - Recent studies from the United States add new data to cancer research
Cancer Research - Reports from Japan, Germany and the United States advance knowledge in cancer research
Cancer Research - Reports from Japan, the Netherlands; cjlm and Australia add new data to cancer research
Cancer Research - Reports from Taiwan and the United States describe recent advances in cancer research
Cancer Research - Researchers' data from the United States, People's Republic of China and India advance cancer research
Cancer Research - Studies from Netherlands, United States and Germany describe new findings in cancer research
Cancer Research - Two ChondroGene abstracts on colon and prostate cancer accepted by ASCO
Cancer Risk Assessment - Cancer risk assessment conducted using physical dispersion and behavioral response model
Cancer Therapy - Advanced cancer inpatients benefited from low molecular weight heparin
Cancer Therapy - Aplidin oxidizes and inactivates a low molecular weight protein Tyr phosphatase
Cancer Therapy - Cancer cell antiproliferative epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors identified
Cancer Therapy - Cancer therapy radiation response is augmented using a vascular targeting agent
Cancer Therapy - Choice of chemotherapy for liver metastasis may impact surgical outcomes
Cancer Therapy - Circulating endothelial and progenitor cells may function as biomarkers for antiangiogenic therapy
Cancer Therapy - Dual ovarian cancer therapy is achieved using measles virus
Cancer Therapy - Endothelial cell angiogenesis is inhibited by paclitaxel enhanced by SU6668
Cancer Therapy - Episomal vectors induce somatic hypermutation in Burkitt-Lymphoma cell lines
Cancer Therapy - Esophageal cancer chemoradiotherapy outcome predicted by microvessel analysis
Cancer Therapy - Glioblastoma Akt survival pathway is targeted by a small-molecule inhibitor
Cancer Therapy - Glioblastoma cells are synergistically affected by inhibition of two pathways
Cancer Therapy - Human leukemic cells are affected by a synthetic triterpenoid
Cancer Therapy - Independent DMB recommends satraplatin phase III trial continue as planned
Cancer Therapy - Irinotecan individualized treatment strategies updated
Cancer Therapy - Luteolin inhibits HepG2 cell invasion
Cancer Therapy - MIT nanoparticles may help detect tumors during early stages of growth
Cancer Therapy - Phosphoinositide 3-kinase/Akt1/Par-4 axis targeted in cancer-selective therapy
Cancer Therapy - PPAR-gamma agonist increased antitumor activity of gefitinib
Cancer Therapy - Reaction of geldanamycin analogues with glutathione produces potential anticancer agents
Cancer Therapy - Strategies for targeted tumor assessment and elimination described
Cancer Therapy - Study calls for more research on vitamin C and cancer
Cancer Therapy - Symposium held in U.S. to discuss research on liver-directed radiotherapy with microspheres
Cancer Therapy - Treatment of prostate and bladder cancers with epigenetic modifiers described
Cancer Therapy - Vitamin D analog shows significant antitumor activity in human neuroblastoma
Cancer Therapy - Weizmann Institute researchers develop method for determining success of chemotherapy
Cancer Treatment - Data from Japan and the United States advance knowledge in cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - Data from the United States, Italy and Germany advance knowledge in cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - Findings from Italy, Germany and the United States in cancer treatment provide new insights
Cancer Treatment - Findings from the United States and Japan advance knowledge in cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - New findings from Belgium, the NORTH Ireland and Australia in the area of cancer treatment detailed
Cancer Treatment - New findings from the United States and China in the area of cancer treatment described
Cancer Treatment - Recent findings from Germany, Japan and the United States illuminate research in cancer treatment
Cancer Treatment - Recent findings from the United States and France illuminate research in cancer treatment
Cancer Treatment - Recent findings in cancer treatment described by researchers from Spain, Austria and the United States
Cancer Treatment - Reports from Belgium, Germany and Greece advance knowledge in cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - Research from Germany, the United States and Japan add new data to cancer treatment body of knowledge
Cancer Treatment - Research from Germany, the United States and Portugal in cancer treatment provides new insights
Cancer Treatment - Research from the United States, Spain and United Kingdom add new data to cancer treatment body of knowledge
Cancer Treatment - Researchers from Germany, the United States and Switzerland report recent findings in cancer treatment
Cancer Treatment - Researchers from Italy and Turkey publish new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment
Cancer Treatment - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, Israel and Spain describe findings in cancer treatment studies
Cancer Treatment - Researchers from the United Kingdom, United States and Japan provide details of new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment
Cancer Treatment - Researchers from the United States report details of new studies and findings in the area of cancer treatment
Cancer Treatment - Researchers' data from the United States and Italy advance cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - Studies from the United States and Australia advance knowledge in cancer treatment research
Cancer Treatment - Studies from the United States and Germany describe new findings in cancer treatment research
Cancer Vaccine - Murine dendritic cells from serum-free conditions induce primary immune responses
Cancer Vaccine - New HLA-DR15-binding CD4 T cell epitope identified
Cancer Vaccine - Regulatory T cells, tumor immunity, and immunotherapy reviewed
Cancer Vaccine - Vaccine based on chicken homologous Tie-2 shows promise for tumor immunotherapy
Carcinogenesis - Carcinogenic effects of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons involve pathway induction
Cardiology - Coronary artery endothelial cell behavior inhibited by thymosin beta10
Cardiovascular Research - Acute tumor necrosis factor alpha-induced cardiac injury protected against by tamoxifen in mice
Cell Biology - Reports from the United Kingdom and United States add new data to cell biology research
Cell Biology - Studies from the United States, Germany and United Kingdom advance knowledge in cell biology research
Cell Physiology - Prothrombin kringle-2 derivative retards cell proliferation and internalization
Cell Regulation - Nitric oxide gradients influence chemotaxis of endothelial cells
Cerebellar Hemangioblastoma - Cerebellar hemangioblastoma should be screened for Von Hippel-Lindau disease germline mutations
Cervical Cancer - Cancer screening model illustrates reduced effectiveness for extended screening intervals
Cervical Cancer - Cervical cancer cells can be sensitized to rhTRAIL-induced apoptosis
Cervical Cancer - Cervical cancer may be reduced by consistent follow-up after treatment of cervical lesions
Cervical Cancer - Cervical lesion grade linked to p16(INK4A) expression
Cervical Cancer - New research from Taiwan, India and Hungary in the area of cervical cancer detailed
Cervical Cancer - Researchers' data from the People's Republic of China, United Kingdom and Sweden advance cervical cancer research
Cervical Cancer - Researchers' findings from Italy, Austria and the United States advance cervical cancer research
Cervical Cancer - Studies from the United States, South Korea and Canada describe new findings in cervical cancer research
Cervical Cancer - Two cervical cancer therapies prove comparable when measured by oxidative status changes
Cervical Cancer - Urodynamic parameters after hysterectomy are enhanced by bethanechol and cisapride
Cervical Squamous Cancer - Cervical squamous cancer treated with etoposide after radiotherapy
Chemotherapy Adverse Reaction - Etoposide induces chromosomal abnormalities in spermatocytes and stem cell spermatogonia
Cholangiocarcinoma - Combined hepatocellular and cholangiocarcinoma described
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia - New chronic myeloid leukemia staging system proposed
Clinical Trials - Cytokinetics announces clinical trials data to be presented at the 2006 ASCO annual meeting
Clinical Trials - Endocyte begins Phase 1 trial of EC145 for treatment of refractory solid tumors
Clinical Trials - EntreMed's Panzem NCD enters clinical trial in metastatic breast cancer
Clinical Trials - Gloucester Pharmaceuticals to continue trial for depsipeptide in cutaneous T cell lymphoma
Clinical Trials - Positive trial data reported for HPV therapeutic vaccine in precancerous cervical lesions
Clinical Trials - SuperGen announces interim results of rubitecan combination trial in pancreatic cancer
Clinical Trials - YM BioSciences, Oncoscience AG start patient treatment in phase 3 trial with nimotuzumab
Collaborations - Akorn, Natco Pharma sign a supply, margin sharing agreement
Colon Cancer - Almost one third of colon cancer patients stop chemotherapy, rendering treatment ineffective
Colon Cancer - Chugai files innovative cancer medicine Avastin for fast approval in Japan
Colon Cancer - Colon cancer prospective randomized clinical trials reviewed
Colon Cancer - Colon cancer risk inversely associated with increased physical activity
Colon Cancer - Colonic neoplastic risk correlated poorly with clinical impression
Colon Cancer - Reports from Israel, the United States and Finland add new data to colon cancer research
Colon Cancer Therapy - Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs may have useful role in HNPCC chemoprevention
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer can be treated by either laparoscopic or open surgery
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer guidelines were followed with mixed adherence in the Southern Netherlands in 2002
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer is associated with germline mutations of the MUTYH gene
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer patients' expectations of colorectal surgery surveyed
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer prognosis linked to nuclear accumulation of beta-catenin
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer screening advised for persons with familial risk and age 40-50 years
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal cancer staging improved by intra-operative ultrasonography
Colorectal Cancer - Colorectal carcinoma cell activities blocked via activator protein-1 inhibition
Colorectal Cancer - Risk factors for ulcerative colitis-associated colorectal cancer delineated
Colorectal Cancer - Small colorectal adenomas harbor clinically important histology
Colorectal Cancer - Sporadic colorectal cancer involves genomic instability and angiogenic growth factors
Colorectal Cancer - Studies from Argentina, Greece and Switzerland add new findings to colorectal cancer body of knowledge
Colorectal Carcinoma - Colorectal carcinoma in-vivo vs ex-vivo sentinel node mapping compared
Colorectal Carcinoma - Colorectal carcinoma patient quality of survival after chemotherapy and surgery analyzed
Contracts - R2 Technology announces CAD distribution agreement with GE Healthcare
Cord Blood - Studies from the United States and Japan describe new findings in cord blood research
Cryptococcosis - Cryptococcosis presentation compared in immunocompetent and nonimmunocompetent patients
DNA - Recent findings from the United States illuminate research in DNA
DNA - Reports from Germany and the United States add new data to DNA research
Developmental Biology - Neural-cell adhesion molecule expression favors endothelial cell organization
Developmental Biology - Rac GTPase activation enhances CD44 cleavage by metalloproteinase disintegrin
Diabetes & Liver Cancer - Liver cancer risk increases among men with diabetes mellitus
Diagnostics - New findings from Switzerland, the United States and Germany in the area of diagnostics detailed
Diagnostics - Researchers' data from Japan, Netherlands and Italy advance diagnostics research
Diagnostics - Studies from South Korea, Belgium and Japan describe new findings in diagnostics research
Diagnostics - U.S. FDA approves mobile configuration of digital mammography system
Diagnostics - Vulvar cancer differences in lymph node metastasis size detected by sentinel lymph node technology
Diet & Nutrition - Gastric and esophageal adenocarcinoma risk linked to meat intake
Disease - Findings from the United States and Denmark advance knowledge in disease research
Drug Development - Abstracts on Callisto drug candidates from Degrasyn class presented at meeting
Drug Development - Alfacell provides update on onconase phase IIIb trial
Drug Development - Astex Therapeutics reports IND approval for cancer drug AT9283
Drug Development - BioDelivery Sciences confirms dose proportionality with Bema Fentanyl
Drug Development - Improved synthesis of DMU-212 described
Drug Development - U.S. FDA grants Orphan Drug designation to Nexavar for treatment of liver cancer
Drug Development - U.S. FDA requests more information related to Hexvix NDA
End-of-Life Issues - Ways to improve family caregivers' abilities to assess patient quality of life proposed
Endometrial Cancer - Endometrial cancer treated by different hysterectomy methods have similar outcomes
Endometrial Cancer - Endometrial cancers may not be excluded by thin endometrial echo complex on ultrasound
Endometrial Cancer - Hormone-related gene regulation profiles clarified in human endometrial cancer Ishikawa H cells
Environmental - Studies from the United Kingdom, Italy and Japan advance knowledge in environmental research
Epstein-Barr Virus - Researchers' data from Germany, the United States and Sweden advance Epstein-Barr virus research
Esophageal Cancer - Findings from the United States and Japan describe new data in esophageal cancer research
Esophageal Cancer - Reports from Japan and Germany describe recent advances in esophageal cancer research
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma survival not affected by esophagectomy errors
Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma treated by docetaxel and heavy carbon-ion beam irradiation
Finance - Exact Sciences announces total revenues of $1.2 million for first quarter
Finance - Hologic announces Q2 results; revenues totaled $100,985,000
Finance - ImClone Systems reports first-quarter revenues of $245.1 million
Finance - Kosan BioSciences reports Q1 2006 revenues of $3 million, up from $2.9 million in 2005
Finance - MGI Pharma reports Q1 2006 revenues of $78.2 million compared to $63.2 million in Q1 2005
Finance - Millennium announces first quarter net loss of $20.8 million
Finance - Novartis announces 13% increase in net sales for first quarter 2006
Finance - OxiGene reports first-quarter 2006 net loss of $3.3 million
Finance - Pharmacyclics reports third quarter net loss of $7.4 million
Finance - Pharmion Corporation announces Q1 2006 net sales totaled $56.6 million
Finance - TriPath Imaging reports Q1 2006 revenues of $24 million, up 24% from Q1 2005
Finance - University of Arkansas researchers receive $2.9 million to study breast cancer vaccine
Finance - Varian Medical reports Q2 2006 record high revenues of $414 million, up 18% over year ago
Gastric Cancer - Gastric cancer expression of hiwi gene linked to cell proliferation
Gastric Cancer - Gastric cancer treated by S-1 and biweekly docetaxel combination chemotherapy
Gastric Cancer - Gastric carcinoma susceptibility associated with severe atrophic gastritis
Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors - Gastrointestinal stromal tumor detected by magnetic resonance imaging
Gene Research - Cancer linked to Ala228 variant of TRAIL receptor 1
Gene Research - Cancer susceptibility could be related to mitotic defects in XRCC3 variant T241M
Gene Research - TNF-alpha induces UPase gene expression and enhances cell sensitivity to 5'-DFUR
Generic Drugs - Taro receives tentative ANDA approvals for carvedilol tablets, ondansetron HCL tablets
Genetics - New findings from Canada, Japan and the South Korea in the area of genetics described
Genetics & Genomics - NANOGP8 is a retrogene expressed in cancers
Glioblastoma Multiforme - Glioblastoma multiforme outcome not predicted by examining postradiotherapy specimens
Glioma - Diffuse brainstem glioma in children reviewed
Glioma - Diffuse brainstem tumors reviewed
Glioma - Findings from the United States, Italy and Japan describe new data in glioma research
Glioma - Glioma analyzed by use of partial-volume model
Glioma - Glioma patient survival analyzed
Glottic Cancer - New findings in glottic cancer described from Brazil and Italy
HIV/AIDS - Data from the United States and Italy advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research
HIV/AIDS - Findings from the United Kingdom and United States advance knowledge in HIV/AIDS research
HIV/AIDS - New findings from Netherlands and United States in the area of HIV/AIDS described
HIV/AIDS - Reports from the United States and Canada add new data to HIV/AIDS research
HIV/AIDS - Research from the United States and Denmark add new data to HIV/AIDS body of knowledge
HIV/AIDS - Researchers from the United States and Greece describe findings in HIV/AIDS studies
Head & Neck Cancer - Adenocarcinoma ex pleomorphic adenoma of the head and neck reviewed
Head & Neck Cancer - New findings from Switzerland, Brazil and Italy in the area of head & neck cancer detailed
Hepatitis B Virus - Reports from India, the South Korea and the People's Republic of China describe recent advances in hepatitis B virus research
Hepatitis C Therapy - Novelos Therapeutics IND for novel hepatitis C drug accepted by U.S. FDA
Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus RNA-dependent RNA polymerase inhibitors identified
Hepatitis C Virus - Researchers' findings from Switzerland, the South Korea and the United States advance hepatitis C virus research
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Findings from Italy, the United States and Taiwan describe new data in hepatocellular carcinoma research
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Findings from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and United States in hepatocellular carcinoma provide new insights
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - HCC tumor-associated antigen and antibody response can be identified in patients
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma prognosis not improved by neoadjuvant treatment with doxorubicin
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma progression requires a chemokine and its receptor
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma treated by Re-188-HDD/lipiodol therapy
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Hepatocellular carcinoma with hepatitis C patients benefit from limited hepatic resection
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Liver failure predicted by estimated indocyanine green clearance
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - New findings in hepatocellular carcinoma described from Taiwan, Japan and the People's Republic of China
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Recent findings in hepatocellular carcinoma described by researchers from Japan and the United States
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Recent studies from the United States, Mexico and United Kingdom add new data to hepatocellular carcinoma research
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Researchers from France, Germany and Spain describe findings in hepatocellular carcinoma studies
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Researchers from the United States, Japan and Italy provide details of new studies and findings in the area of hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular Carcinoma - Studies from the People's Republic of China, Germany and France advance knowledge in hepatocellular carcinoma research
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - HPV-16 capsomeres plus adjuvant elicits increased vaginal Ig levels
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Incidence of high-risk HPV types is low among HIV-infected pregnant Thai women
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine - Unmethylated CpG ODN inhibit HPV16-associated tumors
Imaging - New findings in imaging described from South Korea and Germany
Infant Leukemia - Low-dose etoposide induces mixed lineage leukemia rearrangement in fetal stem cells
Information Technology - Gynecologic cancer organizations join to make clinical trials information available online
Kaposi Sarcoma-Associated Herpesvirus - HSHV LANA modulates K1 expression through its cis-acting elements within terminal repeats
Leukemia - Drug-resistant leukemia treated with 3'-azido disaccharide analogues of daunorubicin
Leukemia - Leukemia initial response to chemotherapy predicted event-free survival
Leukemia - Leukemia might be associated with low p53 expression
Leukemia - Leukemia poor prognosis linked to decreased ASPP1 gene promoter expression
Leukemia - Link between leukemia risk and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase examined
Leukemia - New data from Japan, Scotland and Italy lluminates research in leukemia
Leukemia - Recent findings in leukemia described by researchers from Japan and the United States
Leukemia - Recent studies from the United Kingdom, United States and Greece add new data to leukemia research
Leukemia - Research from the United States and France in leukemia provides new insights
Leukemia - Researchers from Italy and Japan report details of new studies and findings in the area of leukemia
Leukemia - Researchers from the United States and Italy detail new studies and findings in the area of leukemia
Leukemia - Researchers' findings from Germany, the United States and Taiwan advance leukemia research
Leukemia - Studies from Germany, the United States and India add new findings to leukemia body of knowledge
Leukemia Vaccine - Methods for generating CD8+ T cell clones for immunotherapy from naive repertoire developed
Liver Cancer - C/EBP alpha appears to be a negative regulator of GST-P gene expression in normal liver
Liver Cancer - Research from the United States and Germany in liver cancer provides new insights
Liver Diseases - NASH and hepatitis C produce similar and different cirrhosis outcomes
Liver Metastasis - Liver metastasis treated by trans-metastasis hepatectomy and RF ablation
Lung Cancer - Early-stage lung cancer prognosticated by use of positron-emission tomography
Lung Cancer - Favorable lung cancer prognosis linked to increased maspin gene expression
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer apoptosis prevented by nicotine
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer diagnosed by transbronchial fine needle aspiration cytology
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer effectively treated by amrubicin with or without cisplatin or irinotecan
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer genetic risk linked to O-6-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase gene polymorphisms
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer progression linked to reduced beta-catenin and axin expression
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer risk may be moderately reduced by use of oral contraceptives
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer risk of death decreased with platinum-based chemotherapy doublet
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer SEIQoL-DW assessments of quality of life may be biased
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer treated by irinotecan plus carboplatin
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer treated with gemcitabine plus vinorelbine
Lung Cancer - Lung cancer treatment planning should consider tumor volume
Lung Cancer - Reduced lung cancer survival linked to increased pre-operative erythropoietin concentration
Lung Cancer - Reports from the United States, Greece and Netherlands describe recent advances in lung cancer research
Lung Cancer - Reports from the United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom add new data to lung cancer research
Lung Cancer - Researchers from Italy and Spain provide details of new studies and findings in the area of lung cancer
Lung Cancer - Researchers from the People's Republic of China, Italy and Turkey publish new studies and findings in the area of lung cancer
Lung Cancer - Studies from Japan and the United States describe new findings in lung cancer research
Lymphoma - Cutaneous T cell lymphoma progression linked to skin-derived interleukin-7
Lymphoma - Lymphoma pathogenesis associated with c-FLIP overexpression
Lymphoma - Research from Taiwan, Austria and the South Korea in lymphoma provides new insights
Marketing - Callisto reports on initiation of trials to develop Atiprimod as a carcinoid cancer therapy
Marketing - Cytogen and Savient finalize exclusive distribution agreement for SOLTAMOX
Marketing - EDAP TMS S.A. launches online education resource, www.HIFU-Planet.com
Marketing - IMPAC, OTN announce alliance to offer EMR solution for community oncology customers
Marketing - Peregrine Pharmaceuticals transitions Tarvacin name to official generic name bavituximab
Medical Devices - Barrx Medical reports U.S. FDA clears system to treat Barrett esophagus
Medical Devices - Combining PET and CT scans makes cancer treatment more accurate
Melanoma - Melanoma differentiated from clear cell sarcoma by CD117 immunoreactivity
Melanoma - Melanoma patients scanned by preoperative [(18)]F fluorodeoxyglucose-PET
Melanoma - New findings in melanoma described from the United States and Denmark
Melanoma - Predictors of regional nodal disease in melanoma patients described
Melanoma Vaccine - Stage IV melanoma survival improved by metastatic disease resection plus peptide vaccine
Mergers & Acquisitions - Cytogen sells ownership in PSMA Development joint venture to Progenics
Mergers & Acquisitions - Hologic to acquire R2 Technology, Inc.
Mergers & Acquisitions - Progenics Pharmaceuticals acquires full ownership of prostate cancer joint venture
Mergers & Acquisitions - Spectrum acquires oncology drug assets of Targent for 600,000 shares of common stock
Myxoma - Primary intracranial myxoma of the parafalcine meninges described
Nasal Cancer - Nasal cancer patient quality of life after nasopharyngectomy deemed good
Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Recent findings in nasopharyngeal cancer described by researchers from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and Turkey
Neuroblastoma - Neuroblastoma in adolescents reviewed
Neuroendocrine Tumors - Treatment of neuroendocrine tumors may target epidermal growth factor receptor
Neurofibroma - Osteosarcoma occurred in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1
Occupational Exposure - Antagonistic combinations of occupational carcinogens discussed
Occupational Exposure - Exposure of medical staff to radiation from sentinel node biopsy evaluated
Oncology - Findings from Germany, the South Korea and Cyprus describe new data in oncology research
Oncology - New findings from Italy, Germany and the United States in the area of oncology described
Oncology - Recent findings in oncology described by researchers from Italy and the United States
Oncology - Research from Japan and Mexico in oncology provides new insights
Oral Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Oral squamous cell carcinoma linked to aberrant expression of beta- and gamma-catenin
Osteosarcoma - Metastatic osteosarcoma treated by pulmonary resection
Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer progression linked to lysophosphatidic acid
Ovarian Cancer - Ovarian cancer therapy with irofulven is associated with retinal toxicity
Pancreatic Cancer - A cannabinoid derivative induces apoptosis in pancreatic MIA PaCa-2 cells
Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer apoptosis linked to 3,3'-diindolylmethane
Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer genistein activity is mediated via Notch-1 signaling pathway
Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer inhibition partially results from down-regulation of Notch-1
Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer survival linked to DNA repair gene polymorphisms
Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer treated by gemcitabine plus 5-fluorouracil and leucovorin
Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic cancer with gemcitabine resistance treated by raltitrexed-eloxatin salvage chemotherapy
Pancreatic Cancer - Recent findings in pancreatic cancer described by researchers from Italy, Germany and the People's Republic of China
Papillary Renal Carcinoma - Papillary renal carcinoma diagnosed by chemical shift gradient-echo and echo-planar MRI
Papillary Thyroid Cancer - Papillary thyroid cancer risk linked to TP53 allele combinations in persons exposed to radiation
Papillomavirus - Findings from the United States in papillomavirus provide new insights
Pediatric Renal Cell Carcinoma - Pediatric renal cell carcinoma outcome after partial nephrectomy reviewed
Penile Carcinoma - Penile carcinoma in patients with genital lichen sclerosus reviewed
Peribulbar Oncocytoma - Peribulbar oncocytoma case report and histopathology described
Personnel - Dr. Kapil N. Bhalla becomes newest Georgia Research Alliance Eminent Scholar
Personnel - Kenneth M. Ferry joins iCAD as president, chief executive officer, board member
Personnel - Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Tulsa, names Christy Southard executive director
Personnel - OSI Pharmaceuticals announces three additions to its 2006 board of directors slate
Personnel - PDL BioPharma elects Brad Goodwin to board of directors
Personnel - William F. Spengler appointed senior vice president and CFO of MGI Pharma Inc.
Product Licensing - ImQuest licenses series of anticancer therapeutic compounds from Samjin
Product Licensing - Pharminox inlicenses novel telomere signaling targeted agents from Cancer Research Technology
Product Licensing - Primagen expands into cardiovascular field with CD133 diagnostic biomarker technology license
Prostate Cancer - Brachytherapy-related urethral stricture disease correlated to radiation dose
Prostate Cancer - Link between androgen receptor coactivator and ligand-binding sites in prostate cancer studied
Prostate Cancer - New data from Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom lluminates research in prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer - Novel combined therapy for prostate cancer provides long-term vaccine for the disease
Prostate Cancer - Poorly differentiated prostate cancer linked to low age adjusted free testosterone levels
Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer could develop among men with prostate-specific antigen levels of 2.5 to 4.0 ng/mL
Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer disease progression was tracked with total and positive lymph node counts
Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer in relation to telomere biology discussed
Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer invasive capability modified by osteoblasts
Prostate Cancer - Prostate cancer screening recommendations described
Prostate Cancer - Prostate carcinoma survival in older men linked to socioeconomic status
Prostate Cancer - Recent findings from the United States and Japan illuminate research in prostate cancer
Prostate Cancer - Reports from the United States and People's Republic of China add new data to prostate cancer research
Prostate Cancer - Research from Australia, the United Kingdom and Sweden add new data to prostate cancer body of knowledge
Prostate Cancer - Researchers from the United States and Italy describe findings in prostate cancer studies
Prostate Cancer Therapy - Treatment continuum in the management of prostate cancer reviewed
Proteomics - Gastric cancer multidrug resistance probed by proteome analysis
Pseudomyxoma Peritonei - Pseudomyxoma peritonei long-term survival achieved with combination therapy
Radiotherapy - Acute esophageal toxicity after thoracic radiotherapy reviewed
Reconstructive Surgery - Reconstruction of midface and maxilla after tumor removal is complex
Rectal Cancer - Norwegian rectal cancer patient outcomes after surgery described
Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer management in patients over 75 years old assessed
Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer prognosis after surgery reviewed
Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer treatment evaluated nationwide for quality assurance
Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer's link to Peroxisome Proliferator Activated Receptor delta mRNA studied
Rectal Cancer - Rectal carcinoma surgical treatment contraindicated by preoperative MRI findings
Rectal Cancer - Research from Denmark and the United States add new data to rectal cancer body of knowledge
Rectal Cancer - Sphincter preservation for rectal cancer patients improved with pre-operative chemoradiotherapy
Rectourethral Fistula - Rectourethral fistula management discussed
Renal Cell Carcinoma - Renal cell carcinoma identified by loss of tissue-specific proapoptotic BH3-only protein Nbk/Bik
Renal Cell Carcinoma - Renal cell carcinoma outcome in young adults reviewed
Renal Cell Carcinoma Vaccine - CA9-derived peptides show promise for HLA-A24-positive renal cell cancer
Retroperitoneal Sarcoma - Predictors of retroperitoneal sarcoma recurrence delineated
Sarcoma - Sarcoma outcome after external beam radiotherapy examined
Skin Cancer - Learn how to spot the warning signs of hidden melanomas
Skin Cancer - Myths and facts about vitamin D and sun exposure
Skin Cancer - Overexposure to the sun can happen indoors and outdoors
Skin Tumors - Squamous skin cancers linked to aspartic proteinase-like gene expression
Squamous Cell Carcinoma - HPV16 E7 epitope-specific T cells found in squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx
Stem Cell Research - Cytori studies using adipose stem and regenerative cells in breast reconstruction
Stem Cell Research - European Science Foundation says clues to breast cancer hidden inside stem cells
Stem Cell Research - Stem cell leukemia expressed in bone primordia during embryonic development
Stem Cell Research - Transcription factor MEF/ELF4 regulates quiescence of primitive hematopoietic cells
Stress - New research from the United States, Greece and Spain in the area of stress detailed
Surgery - Studies from the United Kingdom, United States and Italy describe new findings in surgery research
Surgical Technology - Integra LifeSciences adds CUSA brand to ultrasonic aspirator product family
Surgical Technology - Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy aided by real-time transrectal ultrasound guidance
Surgical Technology - Transrectal ultrasound can enhance surgical precision during laparoscopic radical prostatectomy
Thyroid Carcinoma - Thyroid carcinoma defined on the basis of mitosis and necrosis assessed
Transplants - Recent studies from Turkey, Germany and Japan add new data to transplants research
Transplants - Reports from Japan, Sweden and Brazil add new data to transplants research
Tumor Angiogenesis - Angiogenic burst within the tumor microenvironment interrupts tumor dormancy
Tumor Angiogenesis - Tumor angiogenes are modulated by benzoquinone ansamycin heat shock protein 90
Tumorigenesis - Protein ENH functions as a sequestration factor in normal and tumor cells
Tumorigenesis - TGF-beta induces TIMP-1 expression in fibrosarcoma cells
Umbilical Cord Blood - Umbilical cord blood-related CD34+ cell levels variable when determined by flow cytometry
Urothelial Carcinoma - Urothelial carcinoma treated by cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin
Vestibular Schwannoma - Hearing preservation in vestibular schwannoma surgical patients inversely linked to hypotension
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