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This is a selection of articles from the January 2008 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Prostate cancer risk independent of circulating androgens
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Necrotizing Fasciitis Following Modified Radical Mastectomy
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Source: The Breast Journal - January 31, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Results of treating vertebral metastases by percutaneous vertebroplasty combined with interventional chemotherapy
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Source: Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 31, 2008 Tags: Chinese Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: news
Dendritic cell vaccination and other strategies to tip the balance of the immune system
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - January 31, 2008 Tags: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Source Type: news
DC2007: 5th International meeting on dendritic cell vaccination and other strategies to tip the balance of the immune system, 16–18 July, 2007, Bamberg, Germany
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - January 31, 2008 Tags: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Source Type: news
Colorectal cancer screening: Selected issues
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Source: Current Colorectal Cancer Reports - January 31, 2008 Tags: Current Colorectal Cancer Reports Source Type: news
Novel therapeutic targets in bladder cancer: mutation and expression of FGF receptors
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Source: Future Oncology - January 31, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Does the Serological Study for Viral Infection in Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease Make Sense?
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Source: Karger Publishers - January 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Protein Linked With Poor Prognosis in Early-Stage Breast Cancer
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - January 31, 2008 Source Type: news
Dosimetric consequences of the shift towards computed tomography guided target definition and planning for breast conserving radiotherapy
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Source: Radiation Oncology - January 31, 2008 Authors: Hans Paul van der Laan, Wil V Dolsma, John H Maduro, Erik W Korevaar and Johannes A Langendijk Source Type: news
Phosphoinositol phosphatase SHIP2 promotes cancer development and metastasis coupled with alterations in EGF receptor turnover
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Source: Carcinogenesis - January 31, 2008 Authors: Prasad, N. K., Tandon, M., Badve, S., Snyder, P. W., Nakshatri, H. Tags: CANCER BIOLOGY Source Type: news
ECRG1, a novel esophageal gene, cloned and identified from human esophagus and its inhibition effect on tumors
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Source: Carcinogenesis - January 31, 2008 Authors: Yueying, W., Jianbo, W., Hailin, L., Huaijing, T., Liping, G., Shih-Hsin, L. Tags: CARCINOGENESIS Source Type: news
Level of HER2 amplification correlates with response to trastuzumab-based therapy
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - January 30, 2008 Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: news
Combined therapy improves survival in advanced-stage endometrial cancer
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - January 30, 2008 Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: news
Relationship between methylation status of multi-drug resistance protein(MRP) and multi-drug resistance in lung cancer cell lines
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Source: Chinese Journal of Cancer Research - January 30, 2008 Tags: Chinese Journal of Cancer Research Source Type: news
Protein tyrosine phosphatase epsilon and Neu-induced mammary tumorigenesis
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Source: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews - January 30, 2008 Tags: Cancer and Metastasis Reviews Source Type: news
Synta And GlaxoSmithKline Announce Elesclomol Granted Orphan Drug Designation By The FDA
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Calibrant Announces Brain Cancer Drug Discovery Program with Cleveland Clinic
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - January 30, 2008 Source Type: news
FAQ: My name is Thomas, 37 and i was diagnosted with a possibly LGA 6 months ago. 3 MRIs and a fMRI were performed. I want to...
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - January 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Hemoperitoneum as the First Manifestation of Acute Leukemia
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Source: Karger Publishers - January 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Surgeons' Characteristics Influence Breast Cancer Care
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - January 30, 2008 Source Type: news
Vulnerable and frail elderly: An approach to the management of the main tumour types.
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Source: European Journal of Cancer - January 30, 2008 Authors: Monfardini S, Gridelli C, Pasetto LM, Soubeyran P, Droz JP, Basso U Tags: Eur J Cancer Source Type: news
[Sarcomas] Phase III Randomized, Intergroup Trial Assessing Imatinib Mesylate At Two Dose Levels in Patients With Unresectable or Metastatic Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors Expressing the Kit Receptor Tyrosine Kinase: S0033
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 30, 2008 Authors: Blanke, Rankin, Demetri, Ryan, von Mehren, Benjamin, Raymond, Bramwell, Baker, Maki, Tanaka, Hecht, Heinrich, Fletcher, Crowley, Borden Tags: Sarcomas Source Type: news
[Correspondence] Randomized, Controlled Trial of Irinotecan Plus Infusional, Bolus, or Oral Fluoropyrimidines in First-Line Treatment of Metastatic Colorectal Cancer: Updated Results From the BICC-C Study
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 30, 2008 Authors: Fuchs, Marshall, Barrueco Tags: Correspondence Source Type: news
[Art of Oncology] Rigor in Monitoring Clinical Trials Is Ethical
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 30, 2008 Authors: Piantadosi Tags: Art of Oncology Source Type: news
Mast cells seek and destroy developing breast tumors
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Source: MedWire News - Breast Cancer - January 29, 2008 Source Type: news
UK breast cancer referral system is 'efficient and well-structured'
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 29, 2008 Source Type: news
Expression of Bmi-1 protein in tumor tissues is associated with favorable prognosis in breast cancer patients
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - January 29, 2008 Tags: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Source Type: news
Joint effects of body size, energy intake, and physical activity on breast cancer risk
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - January 29, 2008 Tags: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment Source Type: news
G2 checkpoint abrogation and checkpoint kinase-1 targeting in the treatment of cancer
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - January 29, 2008 Authors: N BucherC D Britten Tags: Minireview Source Type: news
Impacts of excision repair cross-complementing gene 1 (ERCC1), dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase, and epidermal growth factor receptor on the outcomes of patients with advanced gastric cancer
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - January 29, 2008 Authors: J MatsubaraT NishinaY YamadaT MoriwakiT ShimodaT KajiwaraT E NakajimaK KatoT HamaguchiY ShimadaY OkayamaT OkaK Shirao Tags: Full Paper Source Type: news
Evolving Concepts in the Management of Thrombocytopenia in Patients With Leukemia
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 28, 2008 Source Type: news
Low risk of complications associated with the fenestrated peritoneal catheter used for intraperitoneal chemotherapy in ovarian cancer.
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Source: Gynecologic Oncology - January 28, 2008 Authors: Black D, Levine DA, Nicoll L, Chou JF, Iasonos A, Brown CL, Sonoda Y, Chi DS, Leitao MM, Abu-Rustum NR, Ferguson SE, Barakat RR Tags: Gynecol Oncol Source Type: news
Unmasking of epigenetically silenced candidate tumor suppressor genes by removal of methyl-CpG-binding domain proteins
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Source: Oncogene - January 28, 2008 Authors: L Lopez-SerraE BallestarS RoperoF SetienL-M BillardM F FragaP Lopez-NievaM AlaminosD GuerreroR DanteM Esteller Source Type: news
A novel HECT-type E3 ubiquitin protein ligase NEDL1 enhances the p53-mediated apoptotic cell death in its catalytic activity-independent manner
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Source: Oncogene - January 28, 2008 Authors: Y LiT OzakiH KikuchiH YamamotoM OhiraA Nakagawara Source Type: news
BRCA1/2 carriers reluctant to take breast cancer prevention action
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 27, 2008 Source Type: news
Homing behaviour of the malignant cell clone in multiple myeloma
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Source: Medical Oncology - January 27, 2008 Tags: Medical Oncology Source Type: news
Stevens-Johnson syndrome in children receiving phenobarbital therapy and cranial radiotherapy
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Source: Journal of Neuro-Oncology - January 26, 2008 Tags: Journal of Neuro-Oncology Source Type: news
Information to cancer patients: a questionnaire survey in three different geographical areas in Italy
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Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - January 26, 2008 Tags: Supportive Care in Cancer Source Type: news
Low Milk Consumption in Childhood and Fragility Fractures
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Source: Karger Publishers - January 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Evidence of Major Genes Effects on Serum Homocysteine and Fibrinogen Levels, and Premature Ischemic Heart Disease in Italian Extended Families
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Source: Karger Publishers - January 26, 2008 Source Type: news
Meta-Analysis of 23 Type 2 Diabetes Linkage Studies from the International Type 2 Diabetes Linkage Analysis Consortium
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Source: Karger Publishers - January 26, 2008 Source Type: news
A cell surface 230kDa protein from murine melanoma involved with tumor malignancy.
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Source: Cancer Letters - January 26, 2008 Authors: Mendes PF, Xander P, Brito RR, Mortara RA, Jasiulionis MG, Lopes JD Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: news
Two oral HBx vaccines delivered by live attenuated Salmonella: Both eliciting effective anti-tumor immunity.
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Source: Cancer Letters - January 26, 2008 Authors: Wang YJ, Hou Y, Huang H, Liu GR, White AP, Liu SL Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: news
Aspirin may offer NSCLC chemoprevention for women
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Source: MedWire News - Lung Cancer - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
The Etiology and Management of Intractable Breathlessness in Patients With Advanced Cancer: A Systematic Review of Pharmacological Therapy
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 25, 2008 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Monday 18 February 2008
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - January 25, 2008 Tags: Annals of Surgical Oncology Source Type: news
Elevation of Serum IgG4 in Western Patients With Autoimmune Sclerosing Pancreatocholangitis: A Word of Caution
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - January 25, 2008 Tags: Annals of Surgical Oncology Source Type: news
Thalidomide Pharmion(R) Receives Positive Opinion For Treatment Of First-line Multiple Myeloma From European Medicines Agency
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Insulin-like growth factor-I gene therapy reverses morphologic changes and reduces hyperprolactinemia in experimental rat prolactinomas
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Source: Molecular Cancer - January 25, 2008 Authors: Gloria M Console, Claudia B Herenu, Gisela A Camihort, Georgina M Luna, Maria I Bracamonte, Gustavo R Morel and Rodolfo G Goya Source Type: news
More Women With Cervical Cancer Can Go On To Have Children
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Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer - January 25, 2008 Source Type: news
Amphotericin B lipid complex versus liposomal amphotericin B monotherapy for invasive aspergillosis in patients with hematologic malignancy
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Source: Cancer - January 25, 2008 Authors: Ray Y. Hachem, Maha R. Boktour, Hend A. Hanna, Rola N. Husni, Harrys A. Torres, Claude Afif, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, Issam I. Raad Source Type: news
CCL17 and CCL22 chemokines within tumor microenvironment are related to accumulation of Foxp3+ regulatory T cells in gastric cancer
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - January 25, 2008 Authors: Yoshiki Mizukami, Koji Kono, Yoshihiko Kawaguchi, Hidenori Akaike, Kazuyasu Kamimura, Hidemitsu Sugai, Hideki Fujii Source Type: news
Stress-induced cortisol release may increase breast cancer risk
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Daily low-dose aspirin in cancer patients with central venous catheter: new role for an old drug
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Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - January 24, 2008 Tags: Supportive Care in Cancer Source Type: news
The management of dyspnea in cancer patients: a systematic review
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Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - January 24, 2008 Tags: Supportive Care in Cancer Source Type: news
TGFβ secreted by B16 melanoma antagonizes cancer gene immunotherapy bystander effect
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - January 24, 2008 Tags: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Source Type: news
Hypertrophic olivary degeneration after resection of a cerebellar tumor
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Source: Journal of Neuro-Oncology - January 24, 2008 Tags: Journal of Neuro-Oncology Source Type: news
Caregiver Burden for Impaired Elderly Japanese with Prevalent Stroke and Dementia under Long-Term Care Insurance System
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Source: Karger Publishers - January 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Announcements
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Source: Karger Publishers - January 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Translation of new cancer treatments from pet dogs to humans
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - January 24, 2008 Authors: Melissa PaoloniChand Khanna Tags: Perspective Source Type: news
Report Provides Blueprint For Cancer Prevention Research
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 24, 2008 Source Type: news
Proteome response in HT-29 human colorectal cancer cells to two apoptosis-inducing compounds with different mode of action
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - January 24, 2008 Authors: Isabel Winkelmann, Anna-Maria Näßl, Hannelore Daniel, Uwe Wenzel Source Type: news
Methylation status of breast cancer resistance protein detected by methylation-specific polymerase chain reaction analysis is correlated inversely with its expression in drug-resistant lung cancer cells
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Source: Cancer - January 24, 2008 Authors: Hirofumi Nakano, Yoichi Nakamura, Hiroshi Soda, Megumi Kamikatahira, Kanako Uchida, Mineyo Takasu, Takeshi Kitazaki, Hiroyuki Yamaguchi, Katsumi Nakatomi, Katsunori Yanagihara, Shigeru Kohno, Kazuhiro Tsukamoto Source Type: news
Tuberin Haploinsufficiency is Associated with the Loss of OGG1 in Rat Kidney Tumors
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Source: Molecular Cancer - January 24, 2008 Authors: Samy L Habib, Simona Simone, Jeffrey L Barnes and Hanna E Abboud Source Type: news
Ovarian Cancer Risk Unaffected by Smoking but Possibly Lowered by Caffeine Consumption
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 23, 2008 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: news
Serous borderline ovarian tumors in long-term culture: phenotypic and genotypic distinction from invasive ovarian carcinomas
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Source: International Journal of Gynecological Cancer - January 23, 2008 Tags: article Source Type: news
Further evidence for role of androgen receptor in breast cancer
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Health insurance co-payments deter mammography use
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Quantitation of HER2 and telomerase biomarkers in solid tumors with IgY antibodies and nanocrystal detection
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - January 23, 2008 Authors: Yan Xiao, Xiugong Gao, Gallya Gannot, Michael R Emmert-Buck, Sudhir Srivastava, Paul D. Wagner, Michael D. Amos, Peter E. Barker Source Type: news
Cigarettes leave deadly path by purging protective genes
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 23, 2008 Source Type: news
Combined treatment has little benefit for comorbidly ill prostate cancer patients
