Clinical Oncology Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . August 25th, 2003
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Cervical Cancer - Inadequate Pap smears may be associated with increased risk
Metastasis - Patients survive incurable disease longer with new treatment
Cancer Pain - Panel calls for greater attention to patients' pain, depression, and fatigue
Gastric Cancer - Micrometastatic sentinel node detection by laparoscopy and histology may aid prognosis
Prostate Cancer - Prostate specific antigen test has appreciable false positive rate
Radiation Exposure - Urinary bladder lesions from low-dose radiation from Chernobyl leads to cancer
Acute Myeloid Leukemia - Mutation may contribute to AML
Barrett Esophagus - FDA approves Photofrin for treatment of precancerous lesions
Biomarkers - Soluble serum factors can index activity during antiangiogenic therapy
Bone Tumors - Bone epithelioid hemangioma can recur twice
Brain Tumors - Glioma cells resist adverse effects of hypoxia until energy stores are depleted
Breast Cancer - High serum YKL-40 levels related to short recurrence-free survival
Breast Cancer - Scintimammography is effective adjunct to mammography and physical exam
Breast Tumor - Mucocele-like tumor can occur in the breast
Cancer Cell Biology - CYC202 induces cancer cells to commit suicide
Cancer Pain - The consequences of long-term opioid use should be evaluated
Cancer Therapy - Development of monoclonal antibody 1D09C3 advances; human trials planned for '04
Cancer Therapy - Novel cancer vaccine to be manufactured from live bacterium
Cancer Therapy - Second TroVax Phase I/II trial results presented
Carcinogens - Green tea's cancer-fighting allure becomes more potent
Cell Biology - Thermo-reversible gelation polymer useful for three-dimensional cultures
Cell Signaling - Animal's size can be controlled by regulating the number of cells
Cervical Carcinoma - Pigmented squamous cell carcinoma can occur in the uterine cervix
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - CLL subset expresses high AID, is of unmutated heavy chain, poor prognosis type
Colon Cancer - NO-NSAIDs may be promising chemopreventive agents
Colorectal Cancer - Volume rendering may be superior to surface rendering in MR colonography
DNA Repair - Researchers identify new cause of genomic instability
Diagnostics - Ultrasound-guided treatment setup has high inter-user consistency
Hepatitis - Interferon may prevent hepatocellular carcinoma associated with hepatitis C
Intracerebral Hematoma - Vasogenic edema 150% of hematoma diameter on MRI may indicate neoplasm
Intracranial Lesions - Stereotactic radiosurgery can be associated with neurotoxicity
Leukemia - Childhood ALL has long-term survival nearing 80%, new treatments still needed
Leukemia - Complete remission of CLL can be associated with Chinese herbal extract
Lung Cancer - Paclitaxel combination improves survival
Lung Cancer - Protein profile predicts prognosis
Lung Carcinoma - p38 Expression is a determinant of apoptotic death induced by aloe-emodin
Lymphoma - FDG-PET has high sensitivity for indolent NHL
Medulloblastoma - Study shows retinoids kill childhood brain tumor cells
Metastasis - Vascular endothelial growth factors associate with colon cancer spread
Metastatic Cancer - Squamous cell carcinoma of larynx can metastasize to ampulla of Vater
Metastatic Melanoma - Hypercalcemia is a risk factor; elevated PTH-rP may be responsible
Myeloma Oncogenesis - Early plasma cell dyscrasia can have IgH rearrangements deregulating cyclin D1
Nicotine Addiction - Cancer charities launch international tobacco control initiative
Nicotine Addiction - Cigarette pack warnings could get regular makeovers
Nicotine Addiction - Global youth tobacco survey shows no gender difference at half of sites
Nicotine Addiction - UN health agency urges even stronger measures to curb tobacco use
Nicotine Addiction - Vaccine being tested to help smokers
Nicotine Addiction - WHO calls for war on tobacco to include anti-addiction treatment
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Incidence of non-Hodgkin lymphoma increasing in Canada
Oncogenes - Scientists demonstrate new method for discovering cancer gene function
Oncogenesis - Surface epithelial inclusion cysts may not be related to ovarian cancer
Oncology - Focal adhesion kinase blockers sensitize breast cancer cells to camptothecins
Oncology - High inducible NOS levels contribute to prostate cancer pathogenesis
Oral Cancer - Brachytherapy is a treatment option for patients with early tongue carcinoma
Ovarian Cancer - Oral melphalan eliminated for treating platinum-resistant ovarian cancer
Pancreatectomy - Pain management among patient needs following pancreatectomy
Pancreatic Cancer - Strong alpha6-integrin, weak alpha5beta-integrin independently relate to risk
Penile Cancer - Long foreskin and phimosis may explain the high incidence of penile cancer
Prostate Cancer - Core length cannot identify those with clinically insignificant prostate disease
Prostate Cancer - High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia is a premalignant lesion
Scalp Sebaceous Nevus - Malignant melanoma can arise from a sebaceous nevus of the scalp
Secondhand Smoke - Vitamin C helps reduce oxidative stress in passive smokers
Skin Cancer - Scientists close in on new gene
Skin Lesions - Seborrheic keratosis can be misdiagnosed as desmoplatic tricholemmoma
Stem Cells - Studies identify key genes involved in blood vessel development
Stomach Cancer - The effectiveness of stomach cancer screening in Japan is unknown
Toxicology - Environmental chemicals may not mutate people, says MIT expert
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