Oncology Business Week

ImClone Systems Inc. - Company reports advancements in several pipeline programs at AACR meeting

Institut Gustave Roussy - Doxorubicin-streptozotocin useful for treating pancreatic carcinoma

Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif - Cancer patients prefer quality-of-life assessor EORTC QLQ-C30 over FACIT

Institute of Cancer Research, Surrey - Thyroglobulin polymorphic variation increases non-medullary thyroid cancer risk

Johns Hopkins University - Some patterns of alcohol intake are related to the risk of prostate cancer

Josephine Ford Cancer Center - Online tool estimates long-term chance of surviving cancer

Kagoshima University - Anterior mediastinal masses can be resected via figure-L mini-sternotomy

Kanazawa Medical University - Hepatitis C virus core protein intercepts p53 activity to halt apoptosis

Keio University - Researchers discuss future applications of sentinel node technology

Koo Fdn. Sun Yat Sen Cancer Center - Certain antitumor agents can suppress cutaneous radiation syndrome

Korea Advanced Inst. of Science & Technology - gONC increases conformational stability and toxicity for cancer cells

Laval University - Ptc acts as a tumor suppressor gene in bladder cancer

Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory - Malignant breast cancer cells revert to normal with manipulation

Legal Issues - Judge dismisses Magee Pap smear lawsuit

Legal Issues - Two new federal probes of Tenet hospitals launched

Leicester Royal Infirmary - British Asian cancer patients want better information

Leiden University - Extended lymph node dissection fails to increase survival

Leiden University - Sentinel node biopsy should be standardized

Ludwik Rydygier Medical Univ. - Familial melanoma syndrome increases risk of malignant neoplasms

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Researchers develop polarized reflectance spectroscopy for precancer detection

Mayo Clinic - Deficiency in alpha 1-antitrypsin increases risk of certain cancers

Medical Center, Haaglanden - Cognitive function can decline in patients with brain tumors

Medical Research Council, London - Prognostic model applied to superficial bladder cancer

Medical University Innsbruck - Test shows promise for identifying gene alteration indicating cancer

Medical University of Warsaw - Proteasome inhibition in colon cancer associates with increased VEGF levels

MethylGene, Inc. - Research shows evidence of synergy and molecular activity of MG98

Munster University Hospital - Digital oncology documentation system integration increases quality assurance

Nagoya University - P73 A4T14 genotype associated with cervical cancer risk

National Cancer Center, Tokyo - Local chemotherapy preserves eyeballs with vitreous seeding

National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan - Pre-emptive use of lamivudine prevents hepatitis B in breast cancer

National Taiwan University - CD30 mediates T-cell inhibition by Hodgkin Reed-Sternberg cells

National Taiwan University Hospital - Childhood hepatitis B e antigen seroconversion may be a risk for liver cancer

National Yang Ming Univ. - Notch1 gene involved in ATRA-modulated differentiation process in APL

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Inaccurate understanding perceives do-not-resuscitate as morally wrong

Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Treatment delivers radioactive isotope directly into the liver with embolization

Oregon Health & Science University - Self-doctoring among physicians has benefits, pitfalls

Peking Union Medical College - Genetic cancer alterations seen between ethnic populations

Personnel - The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation names new board members

Ruhr University of Bochum - Lower leg perforator flaps are used for intraoral reconstruction

Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences - Metastasis-associated protein analysis indicates different metastasis roles

Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Phase II elsamitrucin trial launched for refractory non-Hodgkin lymphoma

St. Christopher's Hospice, London - Adequate analgesia is important for patients with advanced disease