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This is a selection of articles from the December 2006 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Of Shoes, Lipstick, Style And Inspiration
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - December 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Subject Index Vol. 52, 2006
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Source: Chemotherapy - December 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
How Many Deaths Can Be Prevented by Newborn Screening for Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia?
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Source: Karger Publishers - December 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Microembolic Signals within 24 Hours of Stroke Onset and Diffusion-Weighted MRI Abnormalities
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Source: Karger Publishers - December 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
The Utility of Intraoperative Evaluation of Sentinel Lymph Nodes in Breast Cancer
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - December 30, 2006 Source Type: journals
Vital Funding For Cancer Research Announced For Europe’s Largest Comprehensive Cancer Centre
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Analysis of the diagnosis and treatment of 78 gastric cancer cases in young people
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
The role of radiotherapy in 74 patients with dermatofibrosarcoma protuberans
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Evaluation the effect of fertility-preserving surgery on young patients with malignant ovarian tumors
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
The study of special killing effect of CD3AK on anti-CEA-positive tumor enhanced by DC loaded with CEA-rV
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Inhibiting effect of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) antisense oligodeoxynucleotides on VEGF expression in U937 cells
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Cancer immunotherapy 2006 meets strategies for immune therapy
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Contribution of the PD-L1/PD-1 pathway to T-cell exhaustion: an update on implications for chronic infections and tumor evasion
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
CD8+ T lymphocytes isolated from renal cancer patients recognize tumour cells through an HLA- and TCR/CD3-independent pathway
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Cancer Registration Statistics England 2004 - First Release
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Source: Cancer Plan Newsfeed - December 29, 2006 Source Type: journals
Studies Find Obesity Has Varying Effect On Prostate Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Prostate Cancer - December 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Findings On Breast Cancer Quality Of Care Outlined
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - December 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
Findings From Institute Of Occupational And Environmental Health In Breast Cancer Risk Factors Reported
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - December 28, 2006 Source Type: journals
One size does not fit all: An argument against the routine use of radiation therapy for all patients with ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast who elect breast conservation
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Source: Journal of Surgical Oncology - December 27, 2006 Authors: Melvin J. Silverstein, Michael D. Lagios Source Type: journals
Low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) increases the efficacy of cisplatinum plus gemcitabine combination in advanced pancreatic cancer
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Source: Journal of Surgical Oncology - December 27, 2006 Authors: Fikri Icli, Hakan Akbulut, Gungor Utkan, Bülent Yalcin, Dilek Dincol, Abdurrahman Isikdogan, Ahmet Demirkazik, Handan Onur, Filiz Cay, Abdullah Büyükcelik Source Type: journals
A New Way To Stop FoxM1 Promoting Tumor Growth
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - December 27, 2006 Source Type: journals
`Brain Tumors and Your Family` workshop added to the `Sharing Hope: Tumor Talk` patient conferene in Florida, Jan 19-21
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
Researchers identify genes that allow brain cancer-causing stem cells to resist treatment
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
Decline In Breast Cancer Cases Likely Linked To Reduced Use Of Hormone Replacement
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Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
Flavopiridol synergizes TRAIL cytotoxicity by downregulation of FLIPL
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - December 26, 2006 Source Type: journals
Ultrasound-Guided Percutaneous Cholecystostomy for Acute Neonatal Biliary Obstruction
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Source: Karger Publishers - December 25, 2006 Source Type: journals
Are squamous and adenocarcinomas of the esophagus the same disease?
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Source: Seminars in Radiation Oncology - December 23, 2006 Source Type: journals
Bladder Cancer: How To Optimally Manage High Risk Bladder Cancer Patients
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - December 23, 2006 Source Type: journals
Predictors of Rapid Growth Identified for Melanomas
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - December 23, 2006 Source Type: journals
Chemoprevention of breast cancer with selective oestrogen-receptor modulators
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - December 23, 2006 Authors: V. Craig Jordan Source Type: journals
The Connectivity Map: a new tool for biomedical research
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - December 23, 2006 Authors: Justin Lamb Source Type: journals
New multitargeted treatments with antiangiogenic and antitumor activity: focus on sunitinib
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Source: Targeted Oncology - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Sunesis Pharmaceuticals Initiates Phase 2 Clinical Trial Of SNS-595 In Ovarian Cancer
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
Pathogenesis and vascular integrity of breast cancer brain metastasis
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - December 22, 2006 Authors: Weixin Lu, Corazon D. Bucana, Alan J. Schroit Source Type: journals
Data On Cervical Cancer Discussed By Researchers At National Center For Chronic Disease Prevention And Health Promotion
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Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer - December 22, 2006 Source Type: journals
The clinical significance of disseminated tumor cells in breast cancer
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - December 21, 2006 Authors: Martin J SladeR Charles Coombes Source Type: journals
Detection of curable stage I lung cancer by annual CT screening
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Quality of life for patients with epithelial ovarian cancer
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - December 21, 2006 Authors: Charlotte C SunPedro T RamirezDiane C Bodurka Source Type: journals
Should young patients with neuroblastoma receive high-dose platinum compounds?
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - December 21, 2006 Authors: Penelope R Brock Source Type: journals
Updated survivor story - George P.
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - December 21, 2006 Source Type: journals
Medicare Coverage of Colorectal Screening Helps Early Detection
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - December 20, 2006 Source Type: journals
Australian Study Finds Marked Rise in Diverse Cancers After Renal Transplant
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
iCHEK2/i*1100delC and risk of chronic lymphocytic leukemia
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Source: Leukemia and Lymphoma - December 19, 2006 Authors: Sellick, Gabrielle S.Sullivan, KateCatovsky, DanielHoulston, Richard S. Source Type: journals
Prognostic factors for the efficacy of thalidomide in the treatment of multiple myeloma: A clinical study of 110 patients in China
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Source: Leukemia and Lymphoma - December 19, 2006 Authors: Li, YonghuaHou, JianWang, DongxingFu, WeijunYuan, ZhengangChen, YubaoTao, Zhongfei Source Type: journals
Resection of Isolated Pelvic Recurrences After Colorectal Surgery: Long-Term Results and Predictors of Improved Clinical Outcome
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Stem cells of ependymoma
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - December 19, 2006 Authors: H PoppletonR J Gilbertson Source Type: journals
A prospective study of postmenopausal hormone use and ovarian cancer risk
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - December 19, 2006 Authors: K N DanforthS S TworogerJ L HechtB A RosnerG A ColditzS E Hankinson Source Type: journals
Wait times for breast cancer care
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - December 19, 2006 Authors: N Saint-JacquesT YounisR DewarD Rayson Source Type: journals
[EDITORIALS] Dietary Fat and Breast Cancer: Contributions From a Survival Trial
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Source: JNCI - December 19, 2006 Authors: Thiebaut, A. C. M., Schatzkin, A., Ballard-Barbash, R., Kipnis, V. Source Type: journals
Allergy drug slows pancreatic tumor growth in preclinical studies
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - December 19, 2006 Source Type: journals
Low-Protein, Low-Calorie Diet or Endurance Training May Decrease Cancer Risk
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - December 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
A randomized comparative study of endocrine monotherapy and a combination of estramustine phosphate with the endocrine therapy in patients with untreated stage D prostate cancer
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
Resistance to gefitinib
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
“Watch-and-see” policy for the clinically positive neck in head and neck cancer treated with chemoradiotherapy
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Source: International Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
Genomic Health Announces Multiple New Findings On Oncotype DX(TM) Based On Evaluation Of More Than 20,000 Tumor Samples
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - December 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
One In Five Breast Cancer Patients May Not Adhere To Hormone Therapy
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - December 18, 2006 Source Type: journals
Mitogenic Action of the Androgen Receptor Sensitizes Prostate Cancer Cells to Taxane-Based Cytotoxic Insult
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Hess-Wilson, J. K., Daly, H. K., Zagorski, W. A., Montville, C. P., Knudsen, K. E. Source Type: journals
N-Glycosylation of MDA-7/IL-24 Is Dispensable for Tumor Cell-Specific Apoptosis and "Bystander" Antitumor Activity
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Sauane, M., Gupta, P., Lebedeva, I. V., Su, Z.-z., Sarkar, D., Randolph, A., Valerie, K., Gopalkrishnan, R. V., Fisher, P. B. Source Type: journals
Matrix Metalloproteinase Polymorphisms and Bladder Cancer Risk
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Kader, A. K., Shao, L., Dinney, C. P., Schabath, M. B., Wang, Y., Liu, J., Gu, J., Grossman, H. B., Wu, X. Source Type: journals
Assessing unmet supportive care needs in partners of cancer survivors: the development and evaluation of the Cancer Survivors' Partners Unmet Needs measure (CaSPUN)
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Source: Psycho-Oncology - December 18, 2006 Authors: K. Hodgkinson, P. Butow, K. M. Hobbs, G. E. Hunt, S. K. Lo, G. Wain Source Type: journals
[Editorials] Human Papillomavirus and Prognosis of Oropharyngeal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: Implications for Clinical Research in Head and Neck Cancers
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 18, 2006 Authors: Gillison Source Type: journals
Regulation of pri-microRNA BIC transcription and processing in Burkitt lymphoma
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Source: Oncogene - December 18, 2006 Authors: J KluiverA van den BergD de JongT BlokzijlG HarmsE BouwmanS JacobsS PoppemaB-J Kroesen Source Type: journals
[Diagnosis In Oncology] Hemophagocytic Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - December 18, 2006 Authors: Saikawa, Tone, Ikawa, Maeba, Koizumi, Minato Source Type: journals
A Novel Pathway Involving Melanoma Differentiation Associated Gene-7/Interleukin-24 Mediates Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drug-Induced Apoptosis and Growth Arrest of Cancer Cells
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Zerbini, L. F., Czibere, A., Wang, Y., Correa, R. G., Otu, H., Joseph, M., Takayasu, Y., Silver, M., Gu, X., Ruchusatsawat, K., Li, L., Sarkar, D., Zhou, J.-R., Fisher, P. B., Libermann, T. A. Source Type: journals
DNA Methylation Pathway Alterations in an Autochthonous Murine Model of Prostate Cancer
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Morey, S. R., Smiraglia, D. J., James, S. R., Yu, J., Moser, M. T., Foster, B. A., Karpf, A. R. Source Type: journals
Up-regulation of GPR48 Induced by Down-regulation of p27Kip1 Enhances Carcinoma Cell Invasiveness and Metastasis
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Gao, Y., Kitagawa, K., Hiramatsu, Y., Kikuchi, H., Isobe, T., Shimada, M., Uchida, C., Hattori, T., Oda, T., Nakayama, K., Nakayama, K. I., Tanaka, T., Konno, H., Kitagawa, M. Source Type: journals
G-Quadruplexes Induce Apoptosis in Tumor Cells
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Qi, H., Lin, C.-P., Fu, X., Wood, L. M., Liu, A. A., Tsai, Y.-C., Chen, Y., Barbieri, C. M., Pilch, D. S., Liu, L. F. Source Type: journals
Retargeted Oncolytic Measles Strains Entering via the EGFRvIII Receptor Maintain Significant Antitumor Activity against Gliomas with Increased Tumor Specificity
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Allen, C., Vongpunsawad, S., Nakamura, T., James, C. D., Schroeder, M., Cattaneo, R., Giannini, C., Krempski, J., Peng, K.-W., Goble, J. M., Uhm, J. H., Russell, S. J., Galanis, E. Source Type: journals
Antitumor Effect of 2-Methoxyestradiol in a Rat Orthotopic Brain Tumor Model
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Kang, S.-H., Cho, H. T., Devi, S., Zhang, Z., Escuin, D., Liang, Z., Mao, H., Brat, D. J., Olson, J. J., Simons, J. W., LaVallee, T. M., Giannakakou, P., Van Meir, E. G., Shim, H. Source Type: journals
Howard Earle Skipper: In Memoriam (1915-2006)
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Source: Cancer Research - December 18, 2006 Authors: Simpson-Herren, L., Wheeler, G. P. Source Type: journals
B-type natriuretic peptide as a marker for cardiac dysfunction in anthracycline-treated children
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - December 18, 2006 Authors: Sanjeev Aggarwal, Michael D. Pettersen, Kanta Bhambhani, Joellyn Gurczynski, Ronald Thomas, Thomas L'Ecuyer Source Type: journals
