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This is a selection of articles from the October 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Multiple Myeloma Trial Stopped Early Due to Significant Efficacy Advantage of Bortezomib
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Source: CancerNetwork - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Wild Strawberries.
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Source: Oncology Times - Current Table Of Contents - October 31, 2007 Tags: HTML PDF (238 K) Source Type: news
Genes May Predict Risk Level in Myeloma.
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Source: Oncology Times - Current Table Of Contents - October 31, 2007 Tags: HTML PDF (187 K) Source Type: news
Questions Raised about Impact of Consumer-Directed Insurance Plans on Vulnerable Populations.
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Source: Oncology Times - Current Table Of Contents - October 31, 2007 Tags: HTML PDF (67 K) Source Type: news
What Is New in Ophthalmic Research -- Focus on Glaucoma
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Source: Karger Publishers - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORTERS WALK THE EQUIVALENT OF MORE THAN TWICE AROUND THE WORLD
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
BRAIN TUMOUR AWARENESS WEEK A SUCCESS CALL FOR ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Avastin seen as helpful against deadly brain tumor
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Vitamin D May Not Cut Cancer Deaths
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Gamma interferon could aid fight against fungal infections
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
3-D model of esophageal cancer
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Role of total skin electron beam therapy for leukemia cutis in pediatric patients
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - October 31, 2007 Authors: Joseph M. Pepek, Arnold C. Paulino, Michael A. Briones, Robert B. Marcus Jr., Natia Esiashvili Source Type: news
Walking may protect prostate cancer patients' BMD
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Source: MedWire News - Prostate Cancer - October 30, 2007 Source Type: news
BCS 2007: A Multidisciplinary Effort to Attack Breast Cancer on Multiple Fronts
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 30, 2007 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Elekta Announces Elekta Infinity - A New System For Faster And More Precise Treatment Of Cancer Tumors
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Models Provide Individualized Guidance for Surgery in BRCA-Positive Breast Cancer
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 30, 2007 Tags: Pathology & Lab Medicine Source Type: news
αB-crystallin is a novel predictor of resistance to neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 30, 2007 Tags: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Source Type: news
HPV Testing May Reduce Incidence Of Cervical Cancer But Evidence Is Not Yet Strong Enough To Support Its Routine Use In Screening Programmes
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2007 Source Type: news
Prostate Cancer Radiotherapy Won't Affect Sexual Function
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - October 30, 2007 Source Type: news
[Correspondence] In Reply
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 30, 2007 Authors: Machado, Cavaco, Brandao, Eugenio, Santos, Opiniao, Vaz Tags: Correspondence Source Type: news
[Editorials] Reducing Xerostomia by IMRT: What May, and May Not, Be Achieved
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 30, 2007 Authors: Eisbruch Tags: Editorials Source Type: news
[Gastrointestinal Cancer] Epigenetic Silencing of Cyclooxygenase-2 Affects Clinical Outcome in Gastric Cancer
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 30, 2007 Authors: de Maat, van de Velde, Umetani, de Heer, Putter, van Hoesel, Meijer, van Grieken, Kuppen, Bilchik, Tollenaar, Hoon Tags: Gastrointestinal Cancer Source Type: news
[Pediatric Oncology] Neuropsychological Outcomes From a Randomized Trial of Triple Intrathecal Chemotherapy Compared With 18 Gy Cranial Radiation As CNS Treatment in Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia: Findings From Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ALL Consortium Protocol 95-01
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 30, 2007 Authors: Waber, Turek, Catania, Stevenson, Robaey, Romero, Adams, Alyman, Jandet-Brunet, Neuberg, Sallan, Silverman Tags: Pediatric Oncology Source Type: news
5-Fluorouracil, Leucovorin and Oxaliplatin plus Bevacizumab in the First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: A Single-Institute Study
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Source: Karger Publishers - October 29, 2007 Source Type: news
The Italian Register of Cardiovascular Diseases: Attack Rates and Case Fatality for Cerebrovascular Events
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Source: Karger Publishers - October 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Abducens Nerve Pareses Associated with Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
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Source: Karger Publishers - October 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Alcohol and hormone therapy interaction found in breast cancer
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - October 29, 2007 Source Type: news
FDA approves nilotinib (Tasigna) for treatment of CML in patients resistant to or intolerant of imatinib
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - October 29, 2007 Tags: 8.1.5 Other antineoplastic drugs, Food & amp; Drug Administration (FDA), Leukaemia Source Type: news
Prostate cancer antigen-1 contributes to cell survival and invasion though discoidin receptor 1 in human prostate cancer
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Source: Cancer Science - October 29, 2007 Tags: article Original Articles Source Type: news
Advanced Bronchoscopic Techniques Significantly Improve Diagnosis and Staging of Lung Cancer
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 29, 2007 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Lessons Learned: DF/HCC Clinical Research Audit Findings presented by Stephen Cannistra, MD
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Source: DF/HCC: Latest News - October 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Identification of the novel AML1 fusion partner gene, LAF4, a fusion partner of MLL, in childhood T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia with t(2;21)(q11;q22) by bubble PCR method for cDNA
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Source: Oncogene - October 29, 2007 Authors: Y ChinenT TakiK NishidaD ShimizuT OkudaN YoshidaC KobayashiK KoikeM TsuchidaY HayashiM Taniwaki Source Type: news
HAVE A CHANCE WALK TO FIGHT BRAIN TUMORS ANNOUNCES
SECOND ANNUAL CHARITY WALK
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Drug may stave off brain tumor deaths
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Mayo Clinic study points to a possible biomarker for colon cancer in people 50 and under
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Baseline Characteristics of Patients with Cerebrovascular Disease in the REACH Registry: The Spanish Contribution
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Source: Karger Publishers - October 26, 2007 Source Type: news
Costs of cancer care in the USA: a descriptive review
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - October 26, 2007 Authors: K Robin YabroffJoan L WarrenMartin L Brown Tags: Review Source Type: news
Adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma cells from blood and skin tumors express cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen-4 and Foxp3 but lack suppressor activity toward autologous CD8+ T cells
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Source: Cancer Science - October 26, 2007 Tags: article Original Articles Source Type: news
Mutation in the immunodominant epitope of the HPV16 E7 oncoprotein as a mechanism of tumor escape
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - October 26, 2007 Tags: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Source Type: news
First Lady Bush Launches Breast Cancer Facility, Signs Breast Cancer Awareness Partnership In Saudi Arabia
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Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today - October 26, 2007 Source Type: news
SuperGen's Novel Hypomethylating Agent Highlighted At AACR Plenary Session
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 26, 2007 Source Type: news
Immunomedics Develops Two New Drug Immunoconjugates For Targeted Therapy Of Colon And Lung Cancers
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - October 26, 2007 Source Type: news
Secondary or concomitant neoplasms among adults diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and treated according to the LALA-87 and LALA-94 trials
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Source: Cancer - October 26, 2007 Authors: Emmanuelle Tavernier, Quoc-Hung Le, Stéphane de Botton, Nathalie Dhédin, Claude-Eric Bulabois, Oumedaly Reman, Norbert Vey, Véronique Lhéritier, Hervé Dombret, Xavier Thomas Source Type: news
Extracellular regulated kinase-2 immunoreactivity increases in parallel with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade in cervical neoplasia
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Source: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer - October 25, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: news
Stage IB Endometrial Cancer
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Source: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie - October 25, 2007 Tags: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie Source Type: news
PTHrP increases xenograft growth and promotes integrin alpha6beta4 expression and Akt activation in colon cancer.
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Source: Cancer Letters - October 25, 2007 Authors: Shen X, Rychahou PG, Evers BM, Falzon M Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: news
ASH And ASCO Release Updated Guideline On The Use Of Chemotherapy-Related Anemia Treatments In Cancer Patients
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Support the Senate Bill to Increase Funding for NIH in FY2008
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 24, 2007 Source Type: news
BRAIN TUMOUR SUPPORTERS WALK THE EQUIVALENT OF MORE THAN TWICE AROUND THE WORLD
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Researchers Develop Vaccine for Brain Cancer
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Sensitization of colorectal cancer cells to irradiation by IL-4 and IL-10 is associated with inhibition of NF-kappaB.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 24, 2007 Authors: Voboril R, Weberova-Voborilova J Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: news
International Conference On Molecular Targets And Cancer Therapeutics
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Sinonasal adenoid cystic carcinoma
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Source: Cancer - October 24, 2007 Authors: Allison D. Lupinetti, Dianna B. Roberts, Michelle D. Williams, Michael E. Kupferman, David I. Rosenthal, Franco Demonte, Adel El-Naggar, Randal S. Weber, Ehab Y. Hanna Source Type: news
Polymorphisms in the epidermal growth factor receptor gene and
the risk of primary lung cancer: a case-control study
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Source: BMC Cancer - October 24, 2007 Authors: Jin Eun Choi, Sun Ha Park, Kyung Mee Kim, Won Kee Lee, Sin Kam, Sung Ick Cha, Chang Ho Kim, Young Mo Kang, Young-Chul Kim, Sung Beom Han, Tae Hoon Jung and Jae Yong Park Source Type: news
Use of Gene-Expression Profiling to Recommend Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
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Source: CancerNetwork - October 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Breast conservation without irradiation for invasive disease: Legendary quest or definable reality?
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - October 23, 2007 Tags: Annals of Surgical Oncology Source Type: news
Predictors of Complications and Outcomes of External Hemipelvectomy Wounds: Account of 160 Consecutive Cases
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - October 23, 2007 Tags: Annals of Surgical Oncology Source Type: news
Additive effects of a prolactin receptor antagonist, G129R, and herceptin on inhibition of HER2-overexpressing breast cancer cells
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - October 23, 2007 Tags: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Source Type: news
TELEMAM: A cluster randomised trial to assess the use of telemedicine in multi-disciplinary breast cancer decision making.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer - October 23, 2007 Authors: Kunkler IH, Prescott RJ, Lee RJ, Brebner JA, Cairns JA, Fielding RG, Bowman A, Neades G, Walls AD, Chetty U, Dixon JM, Smith ME, Gardner TW, Macnab M, Swann S, Maclean JR Tags: Eur J Cancer Source Type: news
Efficacy of carboplatin given in a phase II window study to children and adolescents with newly diagnosed metastatic soft tissue sarcoma.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer - October 23, 2007 Authors: Chisholm JC, Machin D, McDowell H, McHugh K, Ellershaw C, Jenney M, Foot AB, Tags: Eur J Cancer Source Type: news
Acute Corneal Epithelial Change after Instillation of Benzalkonium Chloride Evaluated Using a Newly Developed in vivo Corneal Transepithelial Electric Resistance Measurement Method
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Source: Karger Publishers - October 22, 2007 Source Type: news
More women opt for double mastectomy in breast cancer
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Source: MedWire News - Breast Cancer - October 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Radical stereotactic radiosurgery with real-time tumor motion tracking in the treatment of small peripheral lung tumors
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Source: Radiation Oncology - October 22, 2007 Authors: Brian T Collins, Kelly Erickson, Cristina A Reichner, Sean P Collins, Gregory J Gagnon, Sonja Dieterich, Don A McRae, Ying Zhang, Shadi Yousefi, Elliot Levy, Thomas Chang, Carlos Jamis-Dow, Filip Banovac and Eric D Anderson Source Type: news
α-Catulin, a Rho signalling component, can regulate NF-κB through binding to IKK-β, and confers resistance to apoptosis
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Source: Oncogene - October 22, 2007 Authors: C WiesnerG WinsauerU ReschM HoethJ A SchmidJ van HengelF van RoyB R BinderR de Martin Source Type: news
The use of high-frequency electromagnetics in brain tumour surgery.
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Source: European Journal of Surgical Oncology - October 22, 2007 Authors: Gharabaghi A, Safavi-Abbasi S, Krischek B, Feigl GC, Lüdemann W, Mirzayan MJ, Samii M, Tatagiba M, Heckl S Tags: Eur J Surg Oncol Source Type: news
The value of medical interventions for lung cancer in the elderly
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Source: Cancer - October 22, 2007 Authors: Rebecca M. Woodward, Martin L. Brown, Susan T. Stewart, Kathleen A. Cronin, David M. Cutler Source Type: news
Carbonyl and oxidative stress in patients with breast cancer--is there a relation to the stage of the disease?
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Tesarová P, Kalousová M, Trnková B, Soukupová J, Argalásová S, Mestek O, Petruzelka L, Zima T Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: news
Mitochondrial transmembrane potential in spontaneous and camptothecin-induced apoptosis of melanotic and amelanotic melanoma cells.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Cichorek M, Kozłowska K, Bryl E Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: news
A karyometric study on ageing and butyrate or imatinib treated human leukemic myeloblasts represented by K562 cells originated from chronic myeloid leukaemia.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Smetana K, Pilcova H, Pluskalova M, Hrkal Z Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: news
Tumor induced by Moloney sarcoma virus causes periosteal osteogenesis engaging osteopontin, fibronectin, stromelysin-1 and tenascin.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Wlodarski P, Sevignani C, Fernandes MJ, Calabretta B, Wlodarski KH Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: news
Increased monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1/CCL-2) serum level in acute myeloid leukemia.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Mazur G, Wróbel T, Butrym A, Kapelko-Słowik K, Poreba R, Kuliczkowski K Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: news
The spectrum and incidence of BRCA1 patho
