Oncology Business Week
Susan Hasty, Publisher
Table of Contents . . . May 30th, 2004
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Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy - $4 million in research grants awarded
Altarex Corp. - MAb prolongs disease-free survival in optimal chemosensitive patients
Aptamera, Inc. - Mark C. Rogers becomes chairman of oncology drug-development company
Ardais Corporation - Biorepository to be launched at Duke for clinical research in cancer
AstraZeneca - Genetic mutations of EGFR-TK confer responsiveness to Iressa
Automated Cell, Inc. - Antibody therapeutics firm receives $100,000 investment
CancerVax Corporation - Preclinical data support anti-angiogenic effects of monoclonal antibody
Digene Corporation - Milestone reached in use of DNAwithPap test
Genta, Inc. - Genasense maker reports first quarter revenues of $1.7 million
Imagine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - San Diego, California-based pharma secures series A financing
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Tarceva improves overall survival in non-small cell lung cancer study patients
Roche - R1549 fails to meet primary endpoint in phase III ovarian cancer study
Varian Medical Systems, Inc. - FDA issues 510k clearance for single-channel device for HDR brachytherapy
AGT Biosciences Limited - Cross border merger creates integrated pharmaceutical firm
Aichi Cancer Center - MASL1 oncogene involved in hematological and solid tumors
Akita University - Mutant gap junction proteins alter liver cell activity
Alexis Vautrin Center, Nancy - Wild-type p53 gene transfer sensitizes cancer to photodynamic therapy
American Pharmaceutical Partners - FDA approves Cladribine injection for hairy cell leukemia
Applied Biosystems - Genes associated with survival in diffuse large B cell lymphoma identified
BioCurex, Inc. - Accuracy of serum-Recaf results on lung cancer reaffirmed
BioSphere Medical, Inc. - Device company reports 4% increase in revenue
Birmingham Women's Hospital, U.K. - Diagnostic tests for uterine condition are more accurate than estimates suggest
Boston University - c-Rel transcription factor can transform cells to malignancy in culture
Breast Cancer - Campaign supports legislation to ensure quality mammography screening
Breast Cancer - Surgical excision still necessary when core biopsy shows minimal abnormal cells
Broomfield Hospital, Essex - Researchers prepare guidelines for managing familial breast cancer
Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo - Human papillomavirus 18 and altered genes combine to form glassy cell carcinoma
Cancer Prevention - Xerox gives employees paid leave for up to a year for charity work
Cancer Research U.K. - Scientists unveil new clues to the secret of eternal life
Cancer Research UK - Idoxifene only modestly efficacious in breast cancer patients
Cancer Research UK - South Asian women in NE England have higher mastectomy rates than non-Asians
Cancer Therapy - Make-A-Wish kid debuts cancer-fighting video game
Cancer Trends - Wyoming cancer rates rise slightly
Caritas St. Elizabeth's, Boston - CAD a viable option for second reading of mammograms, and as MRI adjunct
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center - Mechanism enables stem cells to track migrating brain tumor cells
Central Hospital, University of Quebec - Vaginal radical trachelectomy is an alternative to radical hysterectomy
Cervical Cancer - Revised screening guidelines require re-education of women, physicians
Children's Hospital of Los Angeles - Ceramide synthesis can be targeted for the treatment of cancer
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - The Wisconsin Card Sorting Test is sensitive to the effects of low-grade tumors
Chinese Academy of Medical Science, Beijing - Smad5 negative regulator of embryonic hematopoiesis
Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Clinical scrutiny eases outcomes for those with rectal cancer
Columbia University - New patent protects Introgen's INGN 241 cancer therapeutic
Columbus Children's Hospital - Technique efficiently delivers gene therapy to soft-tissue tumors
Dartmouth College - Study establishes electro-magnetic characteristics of healthy breast tissue
Duke University - Irinotecan plus BCNU shows low toxicity in patients with progressive glioma
E-Z-EM, Inc. - Contrast agent maker comments on virtual colonoscopy study
Echelon Biosciences, Inc. - Alliance formed to advance cell signaling cancer therapeutics
EDAP TMS S.A. - Urological device maker reports success with Ablatherm ultrasound device
Environmental Health - North Dakota human services workers get new office after cancer scare
Environmental Health - Researcher finishes collecting samples for leukemia investigation
Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - (-7,-5)pro-PSA and human kallikrein-2 are ineffective in grading prostate cancer
FASgen, Inc. - Advances in pharmacotherapy of obesity reviewed
Federico II University - Ultrasound-guided biliary endoscopy safe and effective
Firat University, Elazig - Vitamin A, E, C, and selenium may help prevent and treat bladder cancer
Fitness & Wellness - Study shows obese kids more likely to be bullying victims and aggressors
Food Safety - Johns Hopkins studies arsenic in chicken feed
Foothills Provincial General Hospital - Thinprep-prepared cytology comparable with conventional methods
Funding - Nevada inmates raise $6,500 for breast cancer
Fundraising - Two-day walk for breast cancer research and care ends in Washington, DC
Genmab, A/S - Company announces positive HuMax-CD4 phase II lymphoma data
GenVec Inc., Gaithersburg - Adenovirus vector libraries provide clues about gene and protein function
Georgetown University - Tumor-targeting immunolipoplexes improve with pH-sensitive peptide attachment
German Cancer Research Center - Neutralization of CD95 ligand enhances post-trauma spinal cord recovery
German Cancer Research Center, Heildelburg - NO66 has role in ribosome biogenesis and replication of heterochromatic regions
German Center for Research in Aging, Heidelberg - Study evaluates quality of life of breast cancer patients 1 year after diagnosis
Harvard Institute of Medicine - ESE-1 cultivates angiopoietin-1 expression in inflammatory environments
Harvard University - Impaired IgA class switching found in APRIL-deficient mice
Health Enhancement Products, Inc. - Company applies for patent covering ProAlgaZyme product
Healthcare Quality - Study says U.S. health care not always best in world
Hellenic Air Force Hospital - Optimal management of ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast described
Herlev University Hospital - MAUS is insufficient for routinely diagnosing transitional cell bladder tumors
Hokkaido University - Overexpressed pigment epithelium-derived factor arrests melanoma cell growth
House Ear Clinic and House Ear Institute - Microsurgical removal of skull-base tumors effective in preserving function
I-Flow Corp. - Drug-delivery company reports Q1 revenue increased 40% to record $14.2 million
ILEX Oncology Inc. - Oncology company reports strong Q1 driven by continued growth of CAMPATH
Institute of Cancer Research - Therapies that exploit heat shock protein 90 target cancer growth
Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia - Study of surgical site infections in breast surgery reported
International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon - Frameshift mutations at the Dok1 gene mark chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Introgen - Data published describing novel mechanism of mda-7 anticancer activity
Introgen Therapeutics - New data describe tumor-killing activity of Advexin
Jackson Memorial Hospital - Campath immunosuppression causes earlier development of LP infiltrates
Johns Hopkins University - Arsenic in chicken feed studied
Johns Hopkins University - Combo PET/CT recommended to determine stage of non-small-cell lung cancer
Johns Hopkins University - Rare esophageal cancer in African Americans may differ from whites
Jose de San Martin Hospital Clinic - Inhibition of tumor galectin-1 gene expression promotes T cell-induced rejection
Keck School of Medicine - Hepatitis C virus uses hit-and-run mechanisms to boost cancer formation
Keck School of Medicine - The journey to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer begins at birth
Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology - Self-assembled nanoparticles shepherd RGD peptide to tumor vessels
Kurume University - HER2/neu peptides recognized by cellular and humoral immune systems
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine - Dual-color tissue-FISH facilitates t(14;18) detection in follicular lymphoma
Kyoto University - RUNX3 gene expression is often lost from gastric cancer cells
Kyushu University - Cyclooxygenase 2 stimulates interleukin-1beta-induced angiogenesis
Kyushu University - Heart attack models benefit from therapy suppressing tumor necrosis factor
La Jolla Institute of Molecular Medicine - Truncated fibroblast growth factor-2 halts tumor proliferation
Legal Issues - Florida couple sentenced for letting teen's cancer go untreated
Legal Issues - Oregon woman files suit against large pharmaceutical companies
Linkoping University - BRAF and KRAS gene mutations drive colorectal adenocarcinoma formation
London School Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Childhood growth is related to breast cancer risk
Ludwig Inst. for Cancer Research - Expression profiles of 6000+ genes in normal breast cells determined
M.D Anderson Cancer Center - Full-field digital mammography is faster for needle localization
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - A combined regimen is active against refractory acute myelogenous leukemia
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Bone marrow-derived stem cells used for potential treatment of gliomas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Increased plasma levels of two IGFs associated with disease risk
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - New findings contradict conventional views about hTERT and breast cancer
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Researchers develop a simple method to estimate global DNA methylation changes
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Utility of FACS immunophenotyping evaluated
Massachusetts General Hospital - Coronal reformatting of axial images from 16-MDCT helps stage ovarian cancer
Massachusetts General Hospital - Thoracic PET appropriate for diagnosing some lung cancer patients
Mayo Clinic - Study evaluates Internet resources and printed materials for smoking cessation
Medical College of Virginia Hospitals - CT pulmonary angiography in women delivers high radiation dose to breast
MediGene, AG - Phase II clinical trial of Polyphenon E Ointment begins
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center - Physicians should discuss palliative care with terminal rectal cancer patients
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cntr. - Cancerous lesions show "surprising characteristics" on MRI
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Cntr. - Researchers confirm genetic link between hereditary breast, prostate cancer
Mersin University - Matrix metalloproteinase marks the course of Hodgkin and non-Hodgkin lymphoma
Mersin University, Oxford - CD7 and CD56 antigens associated with low remission rate in acute leukemia
Misonix, Inc. - Focus signs agreement with USHIFU to fund prostate cancer clinical trials
Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, New York - ETO interaction domains within N-CoR first step in AML molecular therapy design
Mt. Vernon Hospital, Northwood - Tissue microarray validated for immunohistochemical melanoma analysis
Nanjing Medical University - XRCC3 DNA repair gene variants can't account for gastric cancer in China
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus - Outdoor air pollution causes many cancer-related deaths in Russia
National Cheng Kung Univ. Hospital, Tainan - Benign mucocele-like lesions can be differentiated from mucinous carcinoma
National Univ. of Singapore Hospital - Medullary breast cancers are not an indication for BRCA1 mutation screening
National University of Cordoba - Aloe saponaria mannan has potent anticancer effects
National Yang Ming University - D-loop mutations and decreased mtDNA copy number preface liver cancer
NeoRx Corp. - Cancer therapeutics company names Jerry McMahon CEO; Jack Bowman to retire
Netherlands Cancer Institute - IGF expression higher in tissue of women at high breast cancer risk
Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam - Drug transporters confer resistance against nucleoside-analog-based antivirals
Neurobiological Technologies, Inc. - XERECEPT pivotal phase III trial begins
New York University - Elderly black male cancer patients hospitalized longer than white
New York University - Ras proto-oncogenes can have different effects in tumorigenesis
Niigata University - Alphaviruses could bridge the vector gap in cancer gene therapies
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago - Digital mammography takes longer to interpret than screen-film version
Northwestern University - Drugs leave brain tumors rapidly after convection-enhanced delivery
Northwestern University - Study finds MRI 'highly useful' in evaluating patients with uterine fibroids
Northwestern University - Tissue microarray valuable for validation of HER2 FISH testing
Obstetrics - Preterm delivery associated with treatment for precancerous cervical changes
Ohio State University - Chromosome losses may mean poor survival in childhood leukemia
Ohio State University - Taxanes may enhance patients' immunity
Okayama University - Response in pRL1a multiple antigen peptide-immunized mice reported
Oregon Health and Science University - IGF-binding protein induces apoptosis in breast cancer cells
Osaka University - Angiopoietin-2 encourages the metastatic evolution of colorectal cancer
Patient Education - Most women unaware of health concerns that affect them differently than men
Pediatric Obesity - Obese kids more likely to be bullied
Personnel - HMO founder Maurice Lazarus dead at 88
Pharmacology Laboratory, Creteil - Curcumin uses iron reduction to stimulate mitochondrial membrane permeability
Premier, Inc. - Sole-source group buy agreement announced for ImageChecker CAD Systems
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