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This is a selection of articles from the November 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Health Secretary announces plans to develop a new cancer reform strategy
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - November 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Brain Tumor Therapy Makes U.S. Debut In Chicago (Video)
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Comparison of Multiphase CT, FDG-PET and Intra-Operative Ultrasound in Patients with Colorectal Liver Metastases Selected for Surgery
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - November 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Low dentin matrix protein 1 expression correlates with skeletal metastases development in breast cancer patients and enhances cell migratory capacity in vitro
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - November 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Host matrix metalloproteinase-9 contributes to tumor vascularization without affecting tumor growth in a model of prostate cancer bone metastasis
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Metastasis - November 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Subject Index Vol. 104, 2006
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Source: Karger Publishers - November 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Einstein researchers discover how a key dietary vitamin is absorbed
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Cochrane review: longer infusion times may reduce anthracycline cardiotoxicity
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - November 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Big Tobacco Downplays Smoking-Cancer Link When Sued
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - November 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
[Thoracic Oncology] Phase III Trial Comparing Supportive Care Alone With Supportive Care With Oral Topotecan in Patients With Relapsed Small-Cell Lung Cancer
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2006 Authors: O'Brien, Ciuleanu, Tsekov, Shparyk, Cucevia, Juhasz, Thatcher, Ross, Dane, Crofts Source Type: journals
[Review Article] Efficacy of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Therapies in Relieving Cancer Pain: A Systematic Review
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2006 Authors: Bardia, Barton, Prokop, Bauer, Moynihan Source Type: journals
[Clinical Practice] Validation of a Self-Administered, Computerized Tool for Collecting and Displaying the Family History of Cancer
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2006 Authors: Acheson, Zyzanski, Stange, Deptowicz, Wiesner Source Type: journals
[Thoracic Oncology] Phase II Trial of Amrubicin for Treatment of Refractory or Relapsed Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Thoracic Oncology Research Group Study 0301
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2006 Authors: Onoda, Masuda, Seto, Eguchi, Takiguchi, Isobe, Okamoto, Ogura, Yokoyama, Seki, Asaka-Amano, Harada, Tagawa, Kunikane, Yokoba, Uematsu, Kuriyama, Kuroiwa, Watanabe Source Type: journals
[Head and Neck Cancer] Plasma Epstein-Barr Viral Deoxyribonucleic Acid Quantitation Complements Tumor-Node-Metastasis Staging Prognostication in Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2006 Authors: Leung, Zee, Ma, Hui, Mo, Lai, Chan, Chan, Kwan, Lo, Chan Source Type: journals
[Neurooncology] Detrimental Effects of Tumor Progression on Cognitive Function of Patients With High-Grade Glioma
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2006 Authors: Brown, Jensen, Felten, Ballman, Schaefer, Jaeckle, Cerhan, Buckner Source Type: journals
Low Cholesterol May Limit Risk Of Prostate Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Prostate Cancer - November 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Octogenarians Not Too Old For Cancer Surgery
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Source: Cancercompass News: Prostate Cancer - November 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Pro-Pharmaceuticals Announces Dosing Of Patients With Davanat(R) In Phase II, First Line, Colorectal Cancer Clinical Trial
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - November 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Breast Cancer Survivor Gladly Lives Each Day As 'A Gift'
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - November 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
DoH statement regarding NICE guidance on laparoscopic surgery for the treatment of colorectal cancer
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - November 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Effective integration of complementary therapies in cancer and palliative care
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Source: European Journal of Cancer Care - November 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
In the FVB/N HER-2/neu transgenic mouse both peripheral and central tolerance limit the immune response targeting HER-2/neu induced by Listeria monocytogenes-based vaccines
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - November 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
MannKind Corporation Announces Clearance Of IND For MKC1106-PP Immunotherapy In Solid Malignancies
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Comprehensive analysis of the ATM, CHEK2 and ERBB2 genes in relation to breast tumour characteristics and survival: a population-based case-control and follow-up study
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Source: Breast Cancer Research - November 28, 2006 Authors: Kristjana Einarsdottir, Lena U Rosenberg, Keith Humphreys, Carine Bonnard, Juni Palmgren, Yuqing Li, Yi Li, Kee Seng Chia, Edison T Liu, Per Hall, Jianjun Liu and Sara Wedren Source Type: journals
NFV, an HIV-1 protease inhibitor, induces growth arrest, reduced Akt signalling, apoptosis and docetaxel sensitisation in NSCLC cell lines
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - November 28, 2006 Authors: Y YangT IkezoeC NishiokaK BandobashiT TakeuchiY AdachiM KobayashiS TakeuchiH P KoefflerH Taguchi Source Type: journals
SNM takes action to alter DRA provision for imaging payment caps
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Eric Winquist, MD, MSc, FRCPC - A Multitargeted Approach: Clinical Advances in the Treatment of Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Source: Peerview CME Audio Podcast - Oncology - November 27, 2006 Authors: PeerView Press Tags: Science Source Type: journals
Time trends of esophageal cancer in Hong Kong: Age, period and birth cohort analyses
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 27, 2006 Authors: Lap-ah Tse, Ignatius Tak-sun Yu, Oscar Wai-Kong Mang Source Type: journals
Disease-associated casein kinase I [delta] mutation may promote adenomatous polyps formation via a Wnt/[beta]-catenin independent mechanism
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 27, 2006 Authors: I-Chun Tsai, Margaret Woolf, Deborah W. Neklason, William W. Branford, H. Joseph Yost, Randall W. Burt, David M. Virshup Source Type: journals
Emmprin in epithelioid sarcoma: Expression in tumor cell membrane and stimulation of MMP-2 production in tumor-associated fibroblasts
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 27, 2006 Authors: Kaori Koga, Kazuki Nabeshima, Mikiko Aoki, Takehito Kawakami, Makoto Hamasaki, Bryan P. Toole, Juichiro Nakayama, Hiroshi Iwasaki Source Type: journals
New Christmas book for children to benefit pediatric brain tumor research
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
Grant Supports Sequencing Of Cancer Genes To Improve Diagnosis And Treatment
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 25, 2006 Source Type: journals
NCI Funds Einstein And U. Albany NanoCollege To Make World's Smallest Cancer Detection Device
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Management of Constipation in Patients with Cancer
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Source: American Journal of Cancer - November 24, 2006 Authors: Fajardo, Noel R.
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Talley, Nicholas J. Source Type: journals
Chemotherapy and the treatment of brain metastases.
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Source: Hematology/Oncology Clinics of North America - November 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Does Natural Selection Drive The Evolution Of Cancer?
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
The efficacy and relationship between peak concentration and toxicity profile of fixed-dose-rate gemcitabine plus carboplatin in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - November 24, 2006 Source Type: journals
Smad-Sp1 complexes mediate TGF{beta}-induced early transcription of oncogenic Smad7 in pancreatic cancer cells
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Source: Carcinogenesis - November 24, 2006 Authors: Jungert, K., Buck, A., Buchholz, M., Wagner, M., Adler, G., Gress, T. M., Ellenrieder, V. Source Type: journals
Review - acute myeloid leukaemia
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - November 23, 2006 Source Type: journals
Review: Clinically localised prostate cancer
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - November 23, 2006 Source Type: journals
Analysis and comment on rationing and funding of trastuzumab (Herceptin)
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - November 23, 2006 Source Type: journals
Timing of Adjuvant Radioimmunotherapy after Cytoreductive Surgery in Experimental Peritoneal Carcinomatosis of Colorectal Origin
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - November 23, 2006 Source Type: journals
Combination phenylbutyrate/gemcitabine therapy effectively inhibits in vitro and in vivo growth of NSCLC by intrinsic apoptotic pathways
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Source: Journal of Carcinogenesis - November 23, 2006 Authors: Bodo Schniewind, Kirsten Heintz, Roland Kurdow, Ole Ammerpohl, Anna Trauzold, Doris Emme, Peter Dohrmann and Holger Kalthoff Source Type: journals
Author reply
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Source: Cancer - November 22, 2006 Authors: Dan Theodorescu, Kihyuch Moon, George Stuckenborg Source Type: journals
Adenosine triphosphate-binding cassette B1 (ABCB1) (multidrug resistance 1) G2677T/A gene polymorphism is associated with high risk of lung cancer
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Source: Cancer - November 22, 2006 Authors: Guillermo Gervasini, Juan Antonio Carrillo, Montserrat Garcia, Carmen San Jose, Agustin Cabanillas, Julio Benitez Source Type: journals
Author and Subject Index Vol. 3, No. 4, 2004--05
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Source: Karger Publishers - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Silent or minute hemorrhages do probably occur even in congenital supratentorial hemangioblastoma cases
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Source: Journal of Neuro-Oncology - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Initial experiences of palliative stereotactic radiosurgery for recurrent brain lymphomas.
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Phase II study of Cloretazine for the treatment of adults with recurrent glioblastoma multiforme
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Visual field preservation after multisession cyberknife radiosurgery for perioptic lesions.
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
The relationship between six-month progression-free survival and 12-month overall survival end points for phase II trials in patients with glioblastoma multiforme
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
GroPep Launches New Assay Kit For Cancer Research
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Phase II Trial Of Continuous Low-Dose Oral Cyclophosphamide And Celecoxib For Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Researchers At National Cancer Center Research Institute Target Prostate Cancer Cell Biology
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Source: Cancercompass News: Prostate Cancer - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Vaccine Could See The End Of A Devastating Illness That Kills 1,100 Women Every Year
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Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer - November 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
NCI funds Einstein and U. Albany NanoCollege to make world's smallest cancer detection device
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Secondhand Smoke Speeds Lung Decline
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - November 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
High-dose therapy and autologous stem-cell transplantation can improve event-free survival for indolent lymphoma
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Source: Cancer - November 19, 2006 Authors: Steéphane Vignot, Nicolas Mounier, Jeérôme Larghero, Pauline Brice, Laurent Quero, Ceédric de Bazelaire, Marjan Ertault, Josette Brière, Isabelle Madelaine, Christian Gisselbrecht Source Type: journals
Spike In Testicular Cancer Is Focus Of $5.5 Million NCI Grant To Yale
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
The impact of cytochrome P450 2D6 metabolism in women receiving adjuvant tamoxifen
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - November 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
A first-in-man phase I tolerability and pharmacokinetic study of the cyclin-dependent kinase-inhibitor AZD5438 in healthy male volunteers
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - November 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
Genetic Variation Impacts Aspirin's Effectiveness In Preventing Colon Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - November 17, 2006 Source Type: journals
Adjuvant Therapy for a Patient With HER2-Positive Breast Cancer
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 17, 2006 Source Type: journals
Localization of the Sentinel Node of the Upper Outer Breast Quadrant in the Axillary Quadrants
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - November 17, 2006 Source Type: journals
[Correspondence] American Society of Clinical Oncology Recommendations on Fertility Preservation Should Be Implemented Regardless of Disease Status or Previous Treatments
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 17, 2006 Authors: Nakayama, Ueno Source Type: journals
[Pain Management] Palifermin Reduces the Incidence of Oral Mucositis in Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer Treated With Fluorouracil-Based Chemotherapy
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 17, 2006 Authors: Rosen, Abdi, Davis, Gutheil, Schnell, Zalcberg, Cesano, Gayko, Chen, Clarke Source Type: journals
Novel regulatory mechanism identified for key tumor suppressor p53
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 16, 2006 Source Type: journals
40% Of U.S. Women Ages 18 To 75 Know About HPV, Survey Says
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 16, 2006 Source Type: journals
Prostate Cancer Staging Not Aided By Combined MRI And MR Spectroscopy
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Source: Cancercompass News: Prostate Cancer - November 16, 2006 Source Type: journals
UCLA Cancer Researchers Develop Quality Measures Designed To Improve Care For Colorectal Cancer Surgery Patients
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - November 16, 2006 Source Type: journals
Chicago Prostate Cancer Center Reaches Global Milestone Using Isoray's Cesium-131 Isotope
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Source: Cancercompass News: Prostate Cancer - November 16, 2006 Source Type: journals
Laetrile for cancer: a systematic review of the clinical evidence
