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Clinical Oncology Week

Susan Hasty, Publisher

Table of Contents . . . June 14th, 2004

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Bladder Cancer - Intravesical gemcitabine in superficial bladder cancer is well tolerated

Breast Cancer - Fulvestrant a valuable antiestrogen for advanced breast cancer treatment

Breast Cancer - Largest study of its kind finds male breast cancer on the rise

Pancreatic Cancer - Pancreatic carcinoma reviewed

Prostate Cancer Vaccine - Prostate tissue-specific vaccine candidate identified

Brain Cancer - Cell-signaling drugs show promise for treating medulloblastoma

Brain Cancer - Technology blocks gene to increase immune response against brain tumor cells

Breast Cancer - Another study finds genetics modified greatly by dietary antioxidants

Breast Cancer - Breast cancer affects both husbands and wives

Breast Cancer - Breast reduction diminishes breast cancer in high-risk women

Breast Cancer - Clue found on breast tumors distinguishes patients with better survival odds

Breast Cancer - Gene portraits profile differences in breast-tumor types

Breast Cancer - Management of breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women outlined

Breast Cancer - Microvessel density has some prognostic value, study finds

Breast Cancer - Technique helps determine axillary lymph node tumor status in some patients

Breast Cancer - Women with early breast cancer in Australia report needing more support

Cancer Comorbidities - Severity of other illnesses can help predict outcomes for cancer patients

Cancer Detection - Study shows many cases of prostate cancer escape detection during blood test

Cancer Fatigue - Study validates the Chinese version of the brief fatigue inventory (BFI-C)

Cancer Metastasis - New methods improve hepatic colorectal metastases resectability

Cancer Metastasis - Tumor-ablative approaches can be used for colorectal liver metastases

Cancer Pain - Cancer patients relate their experiences with pain and opioid drugs

Cancer Research - Tumor banks provide tissue specimens for research

Cancer Therapy - Multidisciplinary team working needs continual evaluation

Cancer Therapy - New chemical adaptor unit releases a drug by enzymatic triggering

Cancer Therapy - New proteomics strategies for biology and medicine may discover new biomarkers

Cancer Therapy - Recurrent multiple myelomas respond to an oral combined drug regimen

Cell Biology - Good news for red wine drinkers: Protein in grape skins can kill cancer cells

Cell Biology - Telomerase inhibition is a cancer therapy that is not always what it seems

Cervical Cancer - Long-term outcomes of radiotherapy for cervical cancer reported

Cervical Cancer Therapy - Adjuvant oral 5-fluorouracil useful for cervical cancer

Chemotherapy - Mitomycin-C-loaded alginate carriers created for bladder cancer chemotherapy

Cholangiocarcinoma - Extended surgical resection improves prognosis of cholangiocarcinoma

Colon Cancer - Different methods are needed to modifying attributions of colorectal cancer risk

Colon Cancer - Higher mortality among African Americans not likely due to healthcare access

Colorectal Cancer - Flavaglines induce apoptosis in colorectal cancer cells

Diagnostics - Intraoperative liver ultrasound is important for hepatic tumor resection

Gastric Cancer - DNA damage is found in gastric mucosa of patients with Helicobacter pylori

Gastric Cancer - Timing of death from recurrence of gastric cancer reported

Gynecologic Cancers - Chemotherapy regimen treats undifferentiated uterine endometrial cancer

Gynecological Cancer - Researchers review spirituality among gynecological cancer patients

Hematologic Disease - Use of bortezomib in hematologic malignancies updated

Hematological Cancer - Molecular WT1 assay useful for minimal residual disease monitoring

Leukemia - American Hospital helps South American community achieve improved survival rates

Liver Cancer - Proteomics can be useful in researching hepatic diseases

Liver Cancer - Study reviews modern hepatic imaging

Liver Failure - New scintigraphy test could aid preoperative assessment of liver function

Liver Resection - Laparoscopic liver resection is safe and feasible

Liver Resection - Segmental approach to liver resection reduces intraoperative blood loss

Liver Tumors - Parental cigarette smoking increases children's risks of hepatoblastoma

Liver Tumors - Portal vein embolization can increase the safety of hepatic resection

Lung Cancer - Study points to the prospect of "individualized" cancer treatment

Myeloma - Simvastatin inhibits growth of cultured human myeloma cells

Nasopharyngeal Cancer - Brachytherapy after chemoradiation for nasopharyngeal cancer reported

Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Radiotherapy alone for early-stage NHL is inferior to chemotherapy

Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer - Cisplatin combined with weekly paclitaxel is active against advanced NSCLC

Oncolysis - Autophagy is a newly recognized tumor suppressor modality

Orthopedics - Patient and tumor factors are reflected in synovial sarcoma survival rates

Ovarian Cancer - First case of complete remission reported

Ovarian Cancer - Inexperienced surgeons operate on most ovarian cancer patients in Maryland

Ovarian Cancer - U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends against routine screening

Ovarian Tumors - Ovarian cystadenofibromas can have malignant features on CT and MRI

Ovarian Tumors - The accuracy of frozen section in diagnosis of ovarian masses is generally good

Pediatric Cancer - Survey assesses complementary and alternative medicine among pediatric patients

Pediatric Cancer - Taiwanese parents whose children have cancer cope equally

Preventive Medicine - An aspirin a day may keep breast cancer away

Prostate Cancer - Antioxidant system activation is important for prostate cancer patients

Prostate Cancer - Hormonal therapy and radiotherapy improve survival for prostate cancer patients

Prostate Cancer - Quality of life declines in the year before death in men with prostate cancer

Prostate Cancer - Sexual disorders after radical prostatectomy involve the couple

Prostate Cancer - Study finds no connection between prostate cancer and atrazine exposure

Synovial Sarcoma - Factors predicting synovial sarcoma recurrence and metastasis reported

Thromboembolism - Venous thromboembolism is a well-known complication affecting cancer patients

Tobacco Policy - Japan Tobacco's strategies regarding evidence of tobacco health harms

Transplant Medicine - Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research created

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