Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . September 20th, 2004
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Brain Cancer Vaccine - Dendritic cell vaccine safe for children with brain cancer
Breast Cancer - Five or more circulating tumor cells may indicate more aggressive breast cancer
Cancer Vaccine - Multimodal cell therapy reasonable to treat advanced gastric cancer
Cervical Cancer - Complete removal of CIN lesions reduces recurrent HPV post-surgical treatments
Leukemia Therapy - Gemtuzumab ozogamicin with cytarabine effective in elderly AML patients
Advanced Solid Malignancy - Phase I trial to study HGS-TR2J in advanced solid malignancies
Bladder Cancer - Diagnostic methods reviewed
Breast Cancer - Anticancer compound in vegetables blocks late-stage cancer cell growth
Breast Cancer - Breast-conserving surgery plus radiation benefits older women
Breast Cancer - Canadian researchers identify new player in breast cancer
Breast Cancer - Counseling boosts immunity, improves health habits
Breast Cancer - Electrochemotherapy and cisplatin effective for cutaneous lesions of breast cancer
Breast Cancer - Large Phase III clinical trial will evaluate new radiotherapy treatment
Breast Cancer - Not all women with breast cancer require psychosocial help
Breast Cancer - Outcome better for women whose disease was detected by mammography
Breast Cancer - Probability of death from breast cancer or other causes estimated in patients
Breast Cancer - Radiation after lumpectomy may be unnecessary for many older women
Breast Cancer - Study identifies women most likely to benefit from tamoxifen to prevent disease
Business Update - Predictive medicine company retains financial relations company
Cancer Diagnostics - Apolipoprotein D is a marker for dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
Cancer Therapeutics - Novel anti-cancer therapeutic licensed from Summa Health System
Cancer Therapy - Cardiotoxicity of cytotoxic drugs reviewed
Cancer Therapy - Consortium reports successful new cancer surgery procedures in clinical trials
Cancer Therapy - Data: Enhanced tumor cell killing when INGN 241 is used with Herceptin
Cancer Therapy - European Patent Office grants patent for paclitaxel formulation
Cancer Therapy - Rational Therapeutics to identify targets for SBP002
Colon Cancer - Enzyme signpost points to better bowel cancer test
Colon Cancer Screening - Virtual colonoscopy shows significant promise, though some issues unresolved
Drug Development - Protein kinase C eta inhibition potentiates TRAIL treatment of prostate cancer
Epidemiology - Cluster of male breast cancer linked to electromagnetic field exposure
Fungal Therapy - Fluconazole prophylaxis does not affect cortisol levels in critical illness
Fungal Therapy - Posaconazole is a new and potent antifungal medication
Hepatitis C Virus - Hepatitis C virus infection associated with increased risk of malignant lymphoma
Laryngeal Carcinoma - Blood serum useful in detection of biomarkers for laryngeal carcinoma
Leukemia - New patient data generated in support of the clofarabine new drug application
Leukemia - New patient data to support clofarabine NDA for pediatric leukemia
Liver Cancer - Identifying gene expression patterns may provide markers for diagnostic purposes
Lung Cancer - Syndicated study highlights non-small cell lung cancer drug development
Melanoma - Special Protocol Assessment agreement reached for MDX-010 in metastatic melanoma
Multiple Myeloma - Myeloma Institute at UAMS receives nearly $18 million grant from NCI
Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer - Paclitaxel, cisplatin, vinorelbine combination chemotherapy active in NSCLC
Nutrition - Impact of nutritional issues on head and neck cancer needs more study
Oncogenesis - RBMY gene expression associates with male liver cancer formation
Oral Cancer - Chewing betel quid without tobacco linked to increased risk of oral precancers
Ovarian Cancer - Heat therapy increases melphalan efficacy
Pain Medicine - Cannabinoids do not induce serious/relevant immunosuppression in humans
Personnel - Genetic and diagnostic company name chairman and founder as managing director
Prostate Cancer - Sunlight exposure associated with reduced prostate cancer risk
Renal Cancer - Ron protein is not a marker for oncocytoma
Staffing - Grants, Internet helping to improve radiation oncology workforce shortage
Stem Cell Transplantation - Allogeneic stem cell transplantation is safe in elderly patients
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