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This is a selection of articles from the November 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Chemotherapy: Is it warranted in curable head and neck cancer?
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Source: Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 30, 2007 Tags: Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: news
Transient activation of tumor-associated T-effector/memory cells promotes tumor eradication via NK-cell recruitment: minimal role for long-term T-cell immunity in cure of metastatic disease
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - November 30, 2007 Tags: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Source Type: news
The effects of a COX-2 inhibitor meloxicam on squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus in vivo
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 30, 2007 Authors: Jun-Feng Liu, Shao-Wei Zhang, Glyn G. Jamieson, Gui-Jun Zhu, Tie-Cheng Wu, Tie-Nian Zhu, Bao-En Shan, Paul A. Drew Source Type: news
Serous ovarian, fallopian tube and primary peritoneal cancers: A comparative epidemiological analysis
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 30, 2007 Authors: Susan J. Jordan, Adèle C. Green, David C. Whiteman, Suzanne P. Moore, Christopher J. Bain, Dorota M. Gertig, Penelope M. Webb, for the Australian Cancer Study Group (ovarian cancer) and the Australian Ovarian Cancer Study Group Source Type: news
Urban lung cancer patients present at later stage than rural counterparts
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - November 29, 2007 Source Type: news
The Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - November 29, 2007 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
New Perspectives On Health Disparities In Breast Cancer Research
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Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today - November 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Adjuvant and extended adjuvant use of aromatase inhibitors: Reducing the risk of recurrence and distant metastasis.
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Source: Breast - November 29, 2007 Authors: Gligorov J, Pritchard K, Goss P Tags: Breast Source Type: news
[Editorials] Incorporation of Geriatric Principles in Oncology Clinical Trials
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2007 Authors: Hurria Tags: Editorials Source Type: news
Do patients with schizophrenia receive state-of-the-art lung cancer therapy? A brief report
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Source: Psycho-Oncology - November 29, 2007 Authors: Farrah J. Mateen, Aminah Jatoi, Timothy W. Lineberry, Dawn Aranguren, Edward T. Creagan, Gary A. Croghan, James R. Jett, Randolph S. Marks, Julian R. Molina, Ronald L. Richardson Source Type: news
Clinical outcome of parosteal osteosarcoma
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Source: Journal of Surgical Oncology - November 29, 2007 Authors: Ilkyu Han, Joo Han Oh, Yeong Gon Na, Kyung Chul Moon, Han-Soo Kim Source Type: news
[Genitourinary Cancer] Is There a Role for Pelvic Irradiation in Localized Prostate Adenocarcinoma? Preliminary Results of GETUG-01
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - November 29, 2007 Authors: Pommier, Chabaud, Lagrange, Richaud, Lesaunier, Le Prise, Wagner, Hay, Beckendorf, Suchaud, du Chatelard, Bernier, Voirin, Perol, Carrie Tags: Genitourinary Cancer Source Type: news
A rare case of primary mesenteric gastrointestinal stromal tumor with metastasis to the cervix uteri
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Source: World Journal of Surgical Oncology - November 29, 2007 Authors: Nupur Gupta, Suneeta Mittal, Neena Lal, Renu Misra, Lalit Kumar and Sunita Bhalla Source Type: news
The use of artificial dermis for surgical defects in the treatment of oral premalignant lesions
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Source: Journal of Surgical Oncology - November 29, 2007 Authors: Chun-Ming Chen, Chia-Fu Yang, Yee-Shyong Shen, I-Yueh Huang, Chih-Fung Wu Source Type: news
Freezing Bone Cancer Tumors Reduces Pain, Mayo Clinic Study Shows
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Moffitt's Blood And Marrow Transplantation Program In The Spotlight
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Ligasure Not Cost Effective In Breast Cancer Treatment
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Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today - November 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Imaging Diagnostic Systems Updates PMA Filing Status For The New CT Laser Breast Imaging System
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Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today - November 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Genetic and behavioral differences add to prostate cancer disparities
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Gene expression profiling of leukemic cells and primary thymocytes predicts a signature for apoptotic sensitivity to glucocorticoids
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Source: Cancer Cell International - November 28, 2007 Authors: Aaron L Miller, Spogmai Komak, M SCOTT Webb, Edward H Leiter and E BRAD Thompson Source Type: news
The long-term risks of adjuvant carboplatin treatment for stage I seminoma of the testis.
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Source: Ann Oncol - November 28, 2007 Authors: Powles T, Robinson D, Shamash J, Moller H, Tranter N, Oliver T Tags: Ann Oncol Source Type: news
Bernstein honored with AACR Prevention Award
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Pilot study of anti-angiogenic vaccine using fixed whole endothelium in patients with progressive malignancy after failure of conventional therapy.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer - November 28, 2007 Authors: Okaji Y, Tsuno NH, Tanaka M, Yoneyama S, Matsuhashi M, Kitayama J, Saito S, Nagura Y, Tsuchiya T, Yamada J, Tanaka J, Yoshikawa N, Nishikawa T, Shuno Y, Todo T, Saito N, Takahashi K, Nagawa H Tags: Eur J Cancer Source Type: news
Cancer risks for urban African-American women grow, healthy diets more difficult to maintain
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 28, 2007 Source Type: news
Recent developments in the clinical application of thyroid cancer biomarkers.
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Source: Current Opinion in Oncology - November 27, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (101 K) Source Type: news
Therapeutic targeting of apoptosis pathways in cancer.
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Source: Current Opinion in Oncology - November 27, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (149 K) Source Type: news
Current management of adrenal tumors.
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Source: Current Opinion in Oncology - November 27, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (520 K) Source Type: news
State-of-the-art in the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia.
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Source: Current Opinion in Oncology - November 27, 2007 Tags: Abstract HTML PDF (165 K) Source Type: news
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia during gestation
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Source: Medical Oncology - November 27, 2007 Tags: Medical Oncology Source Type: news
Designer self-assembling Peptide nanofiber scaffolds for study of 3-d cell biology and beyond.
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Source: Advances in Cancer Research - November 27, 2007 Authors: Zhang S Tags: Adv Cancer Res Source Type: news
Helen F. Graham Cancer Center Wins Susan G. Komen 2007 Beacon Of Hope Honor
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Low hMLH1 expression prior to definitive chemoradiotherapy predicts poor prognosis in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
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Source: Cancer Letters - November 27, 2007 Authors: Nam TK, Lee JH, Cho SH, Chung IJ, Ahn SJ, Song JY, Yoon MS, Chung WK, Nah BS Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: news
NCCN Updates Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma Guidelines
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Source: Cancercompass News: Pancreatic Cancer - November 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Adjuvant use of interferon α2b is not justified in patients with stage IIb/III melanoma
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - November 27, 2007 Authors: Emilio Bajetta Tags: Viewpoint Source Type: news
A Greenwood formula for standard error of the age-standardised relative survival ratio.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer - November 27, 2007 Authors: Pokhrel A, Dyba T, Hakulinen T Tags: Eur J Cancer Source Type: news
Ceramide induces p38 MAPK-dependent apoptosis and Bax translocation via inhibition of Akt in HL-60 cells.
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Source: Cancer Letters - November 26, 2007 Authors: Kim HJ, Oh JE, Kim SW, Chun YJ, Kim MY Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: news
Inactivation of the Rb pathway and overexpression of both isoforms of E2F3 are obligate events in bladder tumours with 6p22 amplification
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Source: Oncogene - November 26, 2007 Authors: C D HurstD C TomlinsonS V WilliamsF M PlattM A Knowles Source Type: news
Thyroid hormone receptor-β (TRβ1) impairs cell proliferation by the transcriptional inhibition of cyclins D1, E and A2
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Source: Oncogene - November 26, 2007 Authors: E PorlanO G VidaurreA Rodríguez-Peña Source Type: news
Identification of BRCA1 missense substitutions that confer partial functional activity: potential moderate risk variants?
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Source: Breast Cancer Research - November 26, 2007 Authors: Paul K Lovelock, Amanda B Spurdle, Myth T S Mok, Daniel J Farrugia, Sunil R Lakhani, Sue Healey, Stephen Arnold, Daniel Buchanan, kConFab Investigators, Fergus J Couch, Beric R Henderson, David E Goldgar, Sean V Tavtigian, Georgia Chenevix-Trench and Meli Source Type: news
Rectal balloon, water alone improve rectal doses in proton radiation
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - November 25, 2007 Source Type: news
FAQ: my mom had diagnosed with GBM in 1998. It was in the left posteroparietal part of brain. She had chemo, radio in 1998 an...
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Acknowledgement to Reviewers
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Source: Karger Publishers - November 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Colorectal cancer screening among Latinos from U.S. cities along the Texas–Mexico border
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Source: Cancer Causes and Control - November 24, 2007 Tags: Cancer Causes and Control Source Type: news
Amifostine increases cure rate of cisplatin on ascites hepatoma 22 via selectively protecting renal thioredoxin reductase.
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Source: Cancer Letters - November 24, 2007 Authors: Zhang J, Wang X, Lu H Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: news
The oral mTOR inhibitor RAD001 (everolimus) in combination with letrozole in patients with advanced breast cancer: Results of a phase I study with pharmacokinetics.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer - November 24, 2007 Authors: Awada A, Cardoso F, Fontaine C, Dirix L, De Grève J, Sotiriou C, Steinseifer J, Wouters C, Tanaka C, Zoellner U, Tang P, Piccart M Tags: Eur J Cancer Source Type: news
Sustained ventricular tachycardia in a thalidomide-treated patient with primary plasma-cell leukemia
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - November 23, 2007 Authors: Stelvio BallantiElena MastrodicasaNiccolò BolliFlavia LottiIlaria CapolsiniLaura BerchicciCarla MerigiolaGiampiero GiordanoAntonio Tabilio Tags: Case Study Source Type: news
EMMPRIN and survivin: prognostic factors in cisplatin-treated patients with bladder cancer
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - November 23, 2007 Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: news
High diagnostic sensitivity of MRI for pure DCIS
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - November 23, 2007 Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: news
Biological properties of 4-methyl-2,7-diamino-5,10-diphenyl-4,9-diazapyrenium hydrogensulfate (ADAP)
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Source: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology - November 23, 2007 Tags: Cancer Chemotherapy and Pharmacology Source Type: news
Role of autophagy in cancer
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - November 23, 2007 Authors: Robin MathewVassiliki Karantza-WadsworthEileen White Tags: Perspective Source Type: news
CHK2 kinase: cancer susceptibility and cancer therapy – two sides of the same coin?
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - November 23, 2007 Authors: Laurent AntoniNayanta SodhaIan CollinsMichelle D. Garrett Tags: Review Source Type: news
Oncogenes and tumour suppressors take on centrosomes
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - November 23, 2007 Authors: Kenji Fukasawa Tags: Review Source Type: news
Revlimid Improves Survival For Multiple Myeloma Patients
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 22, 2007 Source Type: news
A new device will make quality control of radiotherapy treatments possible
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Adipogenic, osteogenic and myofibrogenic differentiations of a rat malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH)-derived cell line, and a relationship of MFH cells with embryonal mesenchymal, perivascular and bone marrow stem cells.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer - November 22, 2007 Authors: Yamate J, Ogata K, Yuasa T, Kuwamura M, Takenaka S, Kumagai D, Itoh K, Lamarre J Tags: Eur J Cancer Source Type: news
PSA: Why Obese Men Post Lower PSA Levels
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - November 21, 2007 Source Type: news
Oral drug sets a new survival standard for bone marrow cancer
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 21, 2007 Source Type: news
Birth characteristics and Wilms tumor in Minnesota
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 21, 2007 Authors: Susan E. Puumala, John T. Soler, Kimberly J. Johnson, Logan G. Spector Source Type: news
Drug combination effective against multiple myeloma, researchers show
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - November 21, 2007 Source Type: news
Construction of a chromosome 17 transcriptome in serous ovarian cancer identifies differentially expressed genes
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Source: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer - November 20, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL ARTICLES Source Type: news
International Atomic Energy Agency & National Foundation for Cancer Research Join in Initiative to Improve Cancer Care in Developing Countries.
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Source: Oncology Times - Current Table Of Contents - November 20, 2007 Tags: HTML PDF (71 K) Source Type: news
The effect of melatonin on lipid peroxidation during radiotherapy in female rats
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Source: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie - November 20, 2007 Tags: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie Source Type: news
Vergleich der CT-gestützten 3D-planung mit der simulatorplanung bei der beckenbestrahlung des primÄren zervixkarzinoms
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Source: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie - November 20, 2007 Tags: Strahlentherapie und Onkologie Source Type: news
Dying cancer patients’ experiences of powerlessness and helplessness
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Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - November 20, 2007 Tags: Supportive Care in Cancer Source Type: news
Increase In Cases Of Thyroid Cancer May Be Due To Better Detection
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - November 20, 2007 Source Type: news
New insights into the role of age and carcinoembryonic antigen in the prognosis of colorectal cancer
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - November 20, 2007 Authors: P G GobbiF ValentinoE BerardiC TronconiS BrugnatelliO LuinettiR MorattiG R Corazza Tags: Full Paper Source Type: news
Osteopontin as a molecular prognostic marker for melanoma
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Source: Cancer - November 20, 2007 Authors: Javier Rangel, Mehdi Nosrati, Sima Torabian, Ladan Shaikh, Stanley P. L. Leong, Chris Haqq, James R. Miller III, Richard W. Sagebiel, Mohammed Kashani-Sabet Source Type: news
CS-706, a novel cyclooxygenase-2 selective inhibitor, prolonged the survival of tumor-bearing mice when treated alone or in combination with anti-tumor chemotherapeutic agents
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - November 20, 2007 Authors: Michiyo Senzaki, Saori Ishida, Ayumi Yada, Masaharu Hanai, Kosaku Fujiwara, Shin-Ichi Inoue, Tomio Kimura, Shinichi Kurakata Source Type: news
Genentech Reveals Encouraging Avastin Data; Bayer`s Nexavar Gets FDA Approval For Liver Cancer - Update [DNA]
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - November 19, 2007 Source Type: news
FDA's drug approval process is caught in crossfire
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Source: CancerNetwork - November 19, 2007 Source Type: news
Bisphosphonates: Reducing the risk of skeletal complications from bone metastasis.
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Source: Breast - November 19, 2007 Authors: Costa L Tags: Breast Source Type: news
