Oncology Business Week

Center of Molecular Immunology, C Habanna, Cuba - Researchers' data from Cuba, the South Korea and the United States advance vaccines research

Cervical Cancer - Community outreach program boosts Pap tests among Vietnamese-American women

Charite University of Medicine, Germany - Researchers from Germany and the United States report recent findings in apoptosis

Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin - Bladder cancer gene expression studies should utilize SDH and TBP as single reference genes

Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago - Gene expression classifies malignant pediatric renal tumors

China Medical University Hospital, Taichung - Gamma knife radiosurgery reduces morbidity and mortality of benign cranial base tumor surgery

Chinese Academy of Medical Science, People's Republic of China - Researchers from the People's Republic of China and Australia report details of new studies and findings in the area of genetics

Columbia University, New York - Prostate cancer tumorigenesis is modeled in mice expressing a probasin-Neu oncogenic transgene

Columbia University, U.S. - Data from the United States and Japan advance knowledge in prostate cancer research

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston - New targeted therapy shows promise in children with metastatic gastrointestinal stromal tumor

Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, Germany - Reports from Germany and Japan add new data to head & neck cancer research

Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, Germany - New findings from Germany and the United States in the area of genetics described

Duke University, Durham - Cranial radiotherapy effects on cognitive function evaluated by electrophysiological methods

Duke University, Durham - Desmoplastic melanoma's tendency to recur necessitates narrower excision margins

Ehime University, Japan - New research from Japan and Norway in the area of oral cancer detailed

Emory University, U.S. - Researchers' data from the United States, Japan and United Kingdom advance genetics research

Endocare, Inc. - Twenty-six cryoablation studies presented at national urology meeting

Endometrial Carcinoma - Borderline endometrioid tumors of the ovary linked to high frequency of beta-catenin mutations

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Prostate cancer diagnosis might lead to high levels of anxiety and depression

Finnish Cancer Registry - Colon and prostate cancer risk increased by cigarette smoking

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Netherlands report details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Fujirebio Diagnostics, Inc. - Fujirebio Diagnostics acquires CanAg Diagnostics, complementary strengths benefit diagnostics

Gandhi Postgrad Institute of Medical Science, Lucknow - Advanced cervical cancer therapy by routine concurrent chemoradiation may not be warranted

Gastroenterology - Five-year study confirms Gleevec's long-term benefits

Gazi University, Turkey - New research from Turkey, Italy and Germany in the area of radiotherapy detailed

German Cancer Research Center - Erlectin functions in N-glycan recognition

German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany - Researchers' findings from Germany, Denmark and the United States advance colorectal cancer research

Gifu University - Endometrial carcinomas affected by anti-tumor herbal medicines

Guys Kings & St. Thomas School of Medicine, London - Asymmetry in cancer incidence affected by tissue mass of diseased organs

Harvard University - Response of solid tumors to farnesyltransferase inhibitor did not increase with dose escalation

Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot - Angiogenesis and cancer bow to the therapeutic properties of Actibind

Hepatocellular Carcinoma - HBV, HCV, and transfusion transmitted virus reveals occult infection in hepatocellular carcinoma

Hokkaido University, Japan - Recent studies from Japan, Cuba and the United States add new data to cancer treatment research

Hopital Jean Minjoz, France - Research from France, Spain and Japan in lung cancer provides new insights

Hospital Beaujon, Clichy, France - Recent findings in pancreatic cancer described by researchers from France and the United States

Hospital Fribourg - Lung cancer treatment with docetaxel-cisplatin deemed effective and tolerable

IDM Research Laboratory, contact M - Researchers from France, Germany and Belgium publish new studies and findings in the area of melanoma

ImClone Systems, U.S. - Reports from the United States, Japan and Austria advance knowledge in cancer treatment research

InSightec Ltd. - First North American patient undergoes new ultrasound surgery for pain from bone metastases

Information Technology - IMPAC partners with Rocket Communications to launch MOSAIQ image-enabled oncology EMR

Institut Pasteur de la Guyane, Franceville - Human T cell leukemia virus vaccine reduces proviral load in immunized monkeys

Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan - Ovarian cancer risk has been reduced from oral contraceptive usage