Clinical Oncology Week

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - More breast cancer patients seeking little-understood CAM therapies

Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Study identifies characteristics of breast cancer patients who use CAM

Diagnostics - Few cancer patients with major depression are treated

Diagnostics - Tumor measurement with 3-D ultrasound is affected by ultrasound focus

Drug Development - 2'-Benzoyl-oxycinnamaldehyde is a strong cancer treatment candidate

Drug Development - Epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors should stall cancer growth

Environment & Health - Study suggests arsenic exposure alters estrogen signaling

Esophageal Cancer - Barrett esophagus leads to an increased incidence of esophageal carcinoma

Ethics - Tissue donation should balance patients' rights and researchers' needs

Gallbladder Cancer - Surgical resection for pT2 gallbladder carcinomas yields good 5-year survival

Gastroenterology - Microarray distinguishes the molecular signatures of hepatocellular carcinomas

Gastroenterology - Pioglitazone prevents hepatic steatosis in animal models

Gene Suppression - Bcl-2 small interfering RNA halts human tumor cell growth

Geriatrics - Ovarian cancer treatment in elderly patients is often suboptimal

Glioblastoma - Tumor cell p53 function mediates endothelial cell radiosensitivity

Glioma - Brain cancer gene identified

Hematologic Cancer - Lymphohematopoietic cancer may be related to Alachlor exposure

Hormone Replacement Therapy - Fewer, but more advanced, colon cancers occur in postmenopausal women on HRT

Immunology - CpG oligonucleotides elicit antitumor responses in melanoma models

Leukemia - Combo of two natural toxins may be novel treatment for blood cancer

Leukemia - Failure of DNA repair mechanism precedes final stage of deadly leukemia

Liver Cancer - Rare metastatic brain lesions can arise from hepatocellular carcinoma

Lung Cancer - Research aims to create lung cancer blood tests

Lung Cancer - Research explains why anticancer treatment effective for some, not others

Lymphoma - Adding drug to standard chemo improves treatment

Malignant Melanoma - Cutaneous malignant melanoma is increasing worldwide

Multiple Myeloma Therapy - Busulphan-cyclophosphamide conditioning safe, effective for auto-SCT

Oncology - Double-ablated adenovirus has an affinity with tumor targets

Oncology - Interleukin-15 enhances the antitumor efficacy of CD8+ T Cells

Oncology - Interleukin-18 associates with a poor prognosis in multiple myeloma patients

Oncology - Sp1 causes Bcl-2 to modulate urokinase plasminogen activator receptor levels

Pancreatic Cancer - Chemotherapy offers hope for pancreatic cancer patients

Pediatric Cancer - Environmental elements cause neuroblastoma to self-destruct

Prostate Cancer - Can a plant that acts like poison ivy cure prostate cancer?

Prostate Cancer - IMRT and image-guided tumor localization improve radiotherapy in prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Obesity drug inhibits prostate tumor growth

Prostate Cancer - Radiation effective for some prostate patients with recurrent cancer

Radiology - MR imaging of toxoplasmosis encephalitis in BMT recipients characterized

Rectal Cancer - Combining ultrasound and radiotherapy is safe and effective in rectal cancer

Rectal Cancer - Sphincter preservation should be the goal after anterior rectal resection

Renal Cell Cancer - IFN-producing cytotoxic T cells may mediate stem-cell graft-vs-tumor effect

Shwachman-Diamond Syndrome - Successful unrelated BMT reported in SDS patient with leukemia

Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Docetaxel, cisplatin and 5-FU are effective in squamous cell carcinoma

Stem-Cell Transplantation - Young female bone marrow recipients have high risk of ovarian damage

Transfusion Medicine - Autologous MDS cells can reconstitute erythrocyte populations after DLI

Transplant Medicine - Immune cells fight cancer's return, predict outcome after stem-cell transplant

Vaccine Efficacy - Vaccination for neurotropic disease recommended in children with brain tumors