Oncology Business Week

Hadassah Medical School - CD99 interacts with Mycoplasma hyorhinis ligand

Harvard University School of Medicine - High caffeine intake may increase risk of benign breast disease, study shows

Head and Neck Cancer - Possible genetic cause of head, neck tumors among family members identified

Hebrew University - NF-kB protein plays key role in inflammation-generated cancer

Heinrich-Heine-University - IL-11 inhibits NF-kappa B and AP-1 in islets and prevents diabetes

Hospital of Univ. of Pennsylvania - ED diagnoses sites of infection in cancer patients with neutropenia, fever

Iwate Medical University - Maspin gene expression is altered in some melanoma cells

Johns Hopkins University - New compounds show promise in fighting malaria and cancer

Keio University - Decreased MMR gene protein products linked to comorbidity in women with HNPCC

Kliniken Essen Mitte - Irinotecan shows promise for treatment of gastric cancer

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine - Induction of connexin 26 may play a role in cell-to-cell communication

La Jolla Laboratories, San Diego - Researchers develop a lyophilized powder for injection

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society - Food market groups join to raise funds for leukemia, lymphoma

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Antifungal therapy still guided empirically due to lack of human data

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Extra copies of A. fumigatus squalene epoxidase gene confer resistance to terbinafine

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Mouse model of rare disease offers clues to aging, cancer development

Max Planck Institute Met Research - Novel breast cancer antigen epitope identified

Mayo Clinic - Adherence to the AICR cancer prevention recommendations reduces disease risk

MediGene AG - Biotechnology company acquires anti-cancer drug candidates, platform technology

Medical Errors - Madisonville, Kentucky, hospital reviewing thousands of medical scans

Medicsight - Lung CAR software receives CE certification and FDA market clearance

Nagoya Graduate University - AP-2alpha suppresses ovarian tumors

Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam - Keeping a check on the spread of cancer is focus of research

Novartis International, AG - Femara gains approval in Switzerland as post-tamoxifen treatment

Nutrition - Benefits of citrus outlined at meeting

Obesity - Excess weight hikes risk for nine types of cancers

Ondokuz Mayis University - Transparent microballoon dissection can improve surgical outcome

Pennsylvania Office of the Governor - PA Governor presents check for upgrades at Warren General Hospital Cancer Center

Pulmuone Co. Ltd. - Ellagic acid is detected in concentrated pomegranate extracts and their juices

Purdue University - Bright idea could improve blood safety, spell trouble for cancer and viruses

S&P Index Committee - U.S. Oncology replaced by Synaptics in SmallCap 699 index fund

Southern California Permanente Medical Group - Hospital stay for head, neck surgery can safely shrink to less than 1 week

St. Jude Children's Hospital, Memphis - TACC2 is not a tumor suppressor protein

Strategic Research Institute - Pharma industry increasingly in-licenses nontraditional source macromolecules

Suros Surgical, Systems, Inc. - Company specializing in breast biopsy secures venture capital investment

Tech University of Munich - PET/MRI may play important role in future of oncology, cancer screening

Translational Genomics Research Institute - Search for genes placing men at increased risk for prostate cancer narrowed

Transplant Medicine - German doctors grow new jaw bone in man's back muscle for transplantation

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Molecular markers available for detection and progression of prostate cancer

U.S. National Cancer Institute - Natural products and related compounds from marine sources are in trials

Univ. of California, San Francisco - Research reveals potential new target for cancer drugs