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This is a selection of articles from the October 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
The expression of chemokine MCP-1 in colorectal carcinoma and its relationship to the infiltration of macrophage
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 31, 2006 Source Type: info
[ARTICLES] Statins, Fibrates, and Melanoma Risk: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
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Source: JNCI - October 31, 2006 Authors: Freeman, S. R., Drake, A. L., Heilig, L. F., Graber, M., McNealy, K., Schilling, L. M., Dellavalle, R. P. Source Type: info
Induction of lymphangiogenesis in and around axillary lymph node metastases of patients with breast cancer
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - October 31, 2006 Authors: G G Van den Eynden
I Van der Auwera
S J Van Laere
V Huygelen
C G Colpaert
P van Dam
L Y Dirix
P B Vermeulen
E A Van Marck Source Type: info
What is a positive sentinel lymph node in a breast cancer patient? A practical approach.
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Source: Breast - October 31, 2006 Authors: Cserni G Tags: Breast Source Type: info
FAQ: Pineal Cyst. My 8 year old son was diagnosed with a pineal cyst that is 14mm in its long asis on sagittal T2 image. The...
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
FAQ: Husband, Michael Willis 59years GBM grade 4, had gliodel wafers inserted at time of removal of tumour, he since (4 month...
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 30, 2006 Source Type: info
Diminished lifespan and acute stress-induced death in DNA-PKcs-deficient mice with limiting telomeres
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Source: Oncogene - October 30, 2006 Authors: K-K Wong
R S Maser
E Sahin
S T Bailey
H Xia
H Ji
K McNamara
M Naylor
R T Bronson
S Ghosh
R Welsh
R A DePinho Source Type: info
Cancer Incidence and Incidence Rates in Japan in 2000: Estimates Based on Data from 11 Population-Based Cancer Registries
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Source: Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 30, 2006 Authors: Marugame, T., Kamo, K.-I., Katanoda, K., Ajiki, W., Sobue, T., The Japan Cancer Surveillance Research Group Source Type: info
Regulation of survivin expression by IGF-1/mTOR signaling
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Source: Oncogene - October 30, 2006 Authors: V Vaira
C W Lee
H L Goel
S Bosari
L R Languino
D C Altieri Source Type: info
STAT1 signaling is associated with acquired crossresistance to doxorubicin and radiation in myeloma cell lines
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - October 29, 2006 Authors: Mårten Fryknäs, Sumeer Dhar, Fredrik Öberg, Linda Rickardson, Maria Rydåker, Hanna Göransson, Mats Gustafsson, Ulf Pettersson, Peter Nygren, Rolf Larsson, Anders Isaksson Source Type: info
Transperineal Permanent Seed Implantation of “Low-Risk” Prostate Cancer
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Source: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Fractionated Stereotactic Radiation Therapy in the Management of Benign Cavernous Sinus Meningiomas
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Source: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie - October 28, 2006 Source Type: info
Diet supplemented with citrus unshiu segment membrane suppresses chemically induced colonic preneoplastic lesions and fatty liver in male db/db mice
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - October 27, 2006 Authors: Rikako Suzuki, Hiroyuki Kohno, Yumiko Yasui, Kazuya Hata, Shigeyuki Sugie, Shingo Miyamoto, Kuniaki Sugawara, Takashi Sumida, Yoshinobu Hirose, Takuji Tanaka Source Type: info
Hepatitis C virus infection and MALT-type ocular adnexal lymphoma.
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Source: Ann Oncol - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Daiichi Pharmaceutical Receives Import Approval For Ultrasound Contrast Medium Sonazoid
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 27, 2006 Source Type: info
Prolonged clinical remission in patients with extranodal marginal zone B-cell lymphoma of the mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue type treated with cladribine: 6 year follow-up of a phase II trial
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Source: Annals of Oncology - October 27, 2006 Authors: Jager, G, Neumeister, P, Quehenberger, F, Wohrer, S, Linkesch, W, Raderer, M Source Type: info
Thyroid transcription factor 1--a new prognostic factor in lung cancer: a meta-analysis
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Source: Annals of Oncology - October 27, 2006 Authors: Berghmans, T, Paesmans, M, Mascaux, C, Martin, B, Meert, A-P, Haller, A, Lafitte, J-J, Sculier, J-P Source Type: info
CHEST 2006 abstract briefs
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Pioneering study looks at p53's role in tumor-stroma interactions
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Persistent psychosocial problems in children who develop posterior fossa syndrome after medulloblastoma resection
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - October 26, 2006 Authors: Cortney Wolfe-Christensen, Larry L. Mullins, James G. Scott, René Y. McNall-Knapp Source Type: info
High-dose chemotherapy and autologous stem cell rescue in children with newly diagnosed high-risk or relapsed medulloblastoma or supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumor
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - October 26, 2006 Authors: Ki Woong Sung, Keon Hee Yoo, Eun Joo Cho, Hong Hoe Koo, Do Hoon Lim, Hyung Jin Shin, Seung Do Ahn, Young Shin Ra, Eun Seok Choi, Thad T. Ghim Source Type: info
The role of constitutively active signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 in ovarian tumorigenesis and prognosis
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Source: Cancer - October 26, 2006 Authors: Daniel G. Rosen, Imelda Mercado-Uribe, Gong Yang, Robert C. Bast Jr., Hesham M. Amin, Raymond Lai, Jinsong Liu Source Type: info
The role of FDG-PET/CT in suspected recurrence of breast cancer
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Source: Cancer - October 26, 2006 Authors: Lea Radan, Simona Ben-Haim, Rachel Bar-Shalom, Luda Guralnik, Ora Israel Source Type: info
Accuracy of lymphatic mapping and sentinel lymph node biopsy after previous wide local excision in patients with primary melanoma
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Source: Cancer - October 26, 2006 Authors: Christopher J. Gannon, Dennis L. Rousseau Jr., Merrick I. Ross, Marcella M. Johnson, Jeffrey E. Lee, Paul F. Mansfield, Janice N. Cormier, Victor G. Prieto, Jeffrey E. Gershenwald Source Type: info
Extrapleural Pneumonectomy Is the Preferred Surgical Management in the Multimodality Therapy of Pleural Mesothelioma: Con Argument
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Phase I study of weekly DN-101, a new formulation of calcitriol, in patients with cancer
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Novel polymorphisms in the SUV39H2 histone methyltransferase and the risk of lung cancer
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Source: Carcinogenesis - October 26, 2006 Authors: Yoon, K.-A., Hwangbo, B., Kim, I.-J., Park, S., Kim, H. S., Kee, H. J., Lee, J. E., Jang, Y. K., Park, J.-G., Lee, J. S. Source Type: info
Polymorphisms and haplotypes of the NBS1 gene are associated with risk of sporadic breast cancer in non-Hispanic white women
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Source: Carcinogenesis - October 26, 2006 Authors: Lu, J., Wei, Q., Bondy, M. L., Li, D., Brewster, A., Shete, S., Yu, T.-K., Sahin, A., Meric-Bernstam, F., Hunt, K. K., Singletary, S.E., Ross, M. I., Wang, L.-E Source Type: info
Plasma and dietary vitamin C levels and risk of gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST)
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Source: Carcinogenesis - October 26, 2006 Authors: Jenab, M., Riboli, E., Ferrari, P., Sabate, J., Slimani, N., Norat, T., Friesen, M., Tjonneland, A., Olsen, A., Overvad, K., Boutron-Ruault, M.-C., Clavel-Chapelon, F., Touvier, M., Boeing, H., Schulz, M., Linseisen, J., Nagel, G., Trichopoulou, A., Naska Source Type: info
High Smac/DIABLO expression is associated with early local recurrence of cervical cancer
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Source: BMC Cancer - October 26, 2006 Authors: Abril Arellano-Llamas, Francisco J Garcia, Delia Perez, David Cantu, Magali Espinosa, Jaime G De la Garza, Vilma Maldonado and Jorge Melendez-Zajgla Source Type: info
Phenethyl isothiocyanate-induced apoptosis in PC-3 human prostate cancer cells is mediated by reactive oxygen species-dependent disruption of the mitochondrial membrane potential
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Source: Carcinogenesis - October 26, 2006 Authors: Xiao, D., Lew, K. L., Zeng, Y., Xiao, H., Marynowski, S. W., Dhir, R., Singh, S. V. Source Type: info
Higher Incidence Of Impaired Glucose Metabolism Seen In Colorectal Cancer Patients
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Colorectal Cancer Diagnosis Not Linked To Prostate Brachytherapy
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - October 26, 2006 Source Type: info
Trial watch
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
EGFR and KRAS mutations as criteria for treatment with tyrosine kinase inhibitors: retro- and prospective observations in non-small-cell lung cancer.
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Source: Ann Oncol - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Prognostic factors associated with long-term survival in previously untreated metastatic renal cell carcinoma.
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Source: Ann Oncol - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
A prospective study of PET/CT in initial staging of small-cell lung cancer: comparison with CT, bone scintigraphy and bone marrow analysis.
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Source: Ann Oncol - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Dietary intake of fruit and vegetable and lung cancer risk: a case-control study in Harbin, northeast China.
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Source: Ann Oncol - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Workup of well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma.
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Source: Cancer Control - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Ultrasound-guided Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology prior to Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy in Melanoma Patients
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Establishment, growth and in vivo differentiation of a new clonal human cell line, EM-G3, derived from breast cancer progenitors
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
CHEK2 1100delC is present in familial breast cancer cases of the Basque Country
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Prediction of response to repeat utilization of anthracycline in recurrent breast cancer patients previously administered anthracycline-containing chemotherapeutic regimens as neoadjuvant or adjuvant chemotherapy
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Prevalence of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations in breast cancer patients from Brazil
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
Prediction of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status using post-irradiation assays of lymphoblastoid cell lines is compromised by inter-cell-line phenotypic variability
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 25, 2006 Source Type: info
CD44+/CD24- breast cancer cells exhibit enhanced invasive properties, an early step necessary for metastasis
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Source: Breast Cancer Research - October 24, 2006 Authors: Carol Sheridan, Hiromitsu Kishimoto, Robyn K Fuchs, Sanjana Mehrotra, Poornima Bhat-Nakshatri, Charles H Turner, Robert Goulet, Sunil Badve and Harikrishna Nakshatri Source Type: info
Blood safety and the choice of anti-hemophilic factor concentrate
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - October 24, 2006 Authors: Robert L. Janco Source Type: info
SnoN expression is differently regulated in microsatellite unstable compared with microsatellite stable colorectal cancers
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Source: BMC Cancer - October 24, 2006 Authors: June A Chia, Lisa A Simms, Sarah-Jane Cozzi, Joanne Young, Jeremy R Jass, Michael D Walsh, Kevin J Spring, Barbara A Leggett and Vicki LJ Whitehall Source Type: info
Telomerase activity as an adjunct to high-risk human papillomavirus types 16 and 18 and cytology screening in cervical cancer
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - October 24, 2006 Authors: U Kailash
C C Soundararajan
R Lakshmy
R Arora
S Vivekanandhan
B C Das Source Type: info
New Tool for Understanding Estrogen-fueled Breast Cancer
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Source: Harvard Medical Research: Breast Cancer - October 23, 2006 Source Type: info
Ribosomal protein S27L is a direct p53 target that regulates apoptosis
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Source: Oncogene - October 23, 2006 Authors: H He
Y Sun Source Type: info
A North American brain tumor consortium (NABTC 99-04) phase II trial of temozolomide plus thalidomide for recurrent glioblastoma multiforme.
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Spontaneous regression of hepatocellular carcinoma
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 22, 2006 Source Type: info
Breast-Conserving Surgery Versus Mastectomy for Survival from Breast Cancer: the Western Australian Experience
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Bacteria Increase Risk Of Lower Stomach Cancer, Decreases Risk Of Upper
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 21, 2006 Source Type: info
Suppression of cell proliferation, induction of apoptosis and cell cycle arrest: Chemopreventive activity of vanadium in vivo and in vitro
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - October 20, 2006 Authors: Rajarshi Sankar Ray, Balaram Ghosh, Ajay Rana, Malay Chatterjee Source Type: info
Vitamin D Helps Fight Breast Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Researchers from Sweden, Germany and Italy Provide Details of New Studies and Findings On Colorectal Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - October 20, 2006 Source Type: info
Computer Manufacturing Workers Have Higher Cancer Risk
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Tumor characteristics and detection method in the MRISC screening program for the early detection of hereditary breast cancer
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Lycopene and other carotenoids inhibit estrogenic activity of 17β-estradiol and genistein in cancer cells
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Long-term assessment of cardiac function after dose-dense and -intense sequential doxorubicin (A), paclitaxel (T), and cyclophosphamide (C) as adjuvant therapy for high risk breast cancer
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Comparison of systemic availability of curcumin with that of curcumin formulated with phosphatidylcholine
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Research Yields Clues to Radiation-Resistant Brain Cancer
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Liverpool To Be Global Cancer Research Hub
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Children's Hospital Boston Neurosurgeons To Perform Brain Tumor Removal During Live Webcast
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Ovarian Cancer Histologic Types Correlated with Expression of Cadherins and Catenins
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Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer - October 19, 2006 Source Type: info
Virtual colonoscopy effective in preventing colorectal cancer
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
[Gastrointestinal Cancer] Phase II Trial of Erlotinib in Gastroesophageal Junction and Gastric Adenocarcinomas: SWOG 0127
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 18, 2006 Authors: Dragovich, McCoy, Fenoglio-Preiser, Wang, Benedetti, Baker, Hackett, Urba, Zaner, Blanke, Abbruzzese Source Type: info
[Diagnosis In Oncology] Molecular On/Off Switch
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 18, 2006 Authors: Milton, Riely, Pao, Miller, Kris, Heelan Source Type: info
[Erratum] ERRATUM
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 18, 2006 Source Type: info
Glioblastoma multiforme with oligodendroglial component (GBMO): favorable outcome after post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy with nimustine (ACNU) and teniposide (VM26)
