Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . July 19th, 2004
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Breast Cancer - Utility of sentinel lymph node biopsy in breast cancer reviewed
Cancer Therapy - The treatment of cancer pain should involve neurosurgical treatments
Cancer Therapy - Treat the cancer, but take care to protect the heart, cancer cardiologists warn
Cancer Therapy - Utility of radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases reviewed
Thyroid Cancer - Genetic markers for malignant thyroid tumors identified
Assisted Reproduction - Frozen ovarian tissue technology may offer hope to women with cancer
Brain Metastases - Some aspects of managing brain metastases remain controversial
Brain Tumors - Diffusion tensor imaging of the brain is feasible
Breast Cancer - Abortion not implicated in carcinogenesis
Breast Cancer - Anastrozole recommended for first-line therapy for advanced disease
Breast Cancer - Smoking doesn't affect disease risk in carriers of BRCA mutations
Breast Cancer - Trastuzumab combined with epirubicin and cyclophosphamide is safe for the heart
Breast Cancer - Women can be considered activists in the breast cancer movement
Bronchial Diseases - Virtual bronchoscopy can visualize the trachea and proximal bronchial tree
Cancer Mortality - CDC: More people with cancer surviving
Cancer Therapy - Encouraging results from NCI-sponsored study with FK228 in T-cell lymphomas
Cancer Therapy - NCI selects SRI to qualify cancer drug candidates for clinical studies
Cell Biology - PML protein may be linked to many cancers
Colon Cancer - Colorectal cancer screening is more complete with colonoscopy than sigmoidoscopy
Complementary & Alternative Medicine - Chinese herbal medicine is popular among breast cancer patients
Coping Techniques - Women with family history of breast/ovarian cancer find support in friends
Diagnostics - Telomerase limited as diagnostic adjunct in cervical cytopathology
Fungal Infection - Clinical factors predict fluconazole resistance/Candida blood infection survival
Gallbladder Surgery - Research emphasizes value of minimally invasive surgery for complex procedures
Germ-Cell Tumors - Herv-K(HML-2) Gag/Env antibodies may indicate treatment response
Group Purchasing - Premier Purchasing to offer Prospera brachytherapy sources
Gynecologic Cancer - Alfa-epoietin can improve anemia in patients with gynecological cancer
Gynecology - Some ovarian intestinal-type mucinous borderline tumors are benign
HIV/AIDS-Related Conditions - Inflammatory and reactive arthropathies more prevalent in HIV infection
HIV/AIDS-Related Disease - Novel therapies developed for treatment of AIDS-related Kaposi sarcoma
Human Papillomavirus - Study: Breast-milk compound kills warts
Information Technology - Company launches unified platform for eCDM: RAVE 5.0
Kidney Cancer - Radiofrequency ablation spares kidney, kills tumor
Leukemia - ALL survivors bear genetic damage from life-saving chemotherapy
Lung Cancer - FISH analysis of p53 and chromosome 17 has limited prognostic value
Lymphoma - Recurrent syncope can mark Burkitt lymphoma at carotid bifurcation
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma - Researchers identify occupational exposures that increase NHL risk
Oral Cancer - Relationship seen between oral carcinoma and exposure to tobacco smoke
Ovarian Cancer - Human kallikrein 8 expression is a favorable prognostic marker
Ovarian Cancer - Inhibin alpha shows value in differential diagnosis of ovarian neoplasia
Ovarian Cancer - Lysophospholipid levels are potential disease indicator
Parkinson Disease - Guilford licenses U.S. rights to GPI 1485
Personnel - Ion-channel-target focused company taps Mark J. Suto, PhD
Prognostics - Leptin is an important marker in gynecologic and breast cancers
Prostate Cancer - Postoperative urinary and sexual function are concerns after prostatectomy
Squamous Cell Carcinoma - Chlamydia pneumoniae infection is unrelated to squamous cell carcinoma
Stem-Cell Transplantation - EBMT Risk Score for CML patients receiving stem cell transplants is validated
Thyroid Cancer - Galectin-3 immunoassay facilitates diagnosis of occult papillary thyroid carcinoma
Wilms Tumor - SIOP trials and studies evaluate the prognosis of Wilms tumor patients
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