This is a selection of articles from the January 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Alfacell Corporation Granted U.S. Orphan Drug Designation For ONCONASE(R) For Treatment Of Malignant Mesothelioma
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
A new epitope peptide derived from hepatitis C virus 1b possessing the capacity to induce cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in HCV1b-infected patients with HLA-A11, -A31, and -A33
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Chemotherapy and zoledronate sensitize solid tumour cells to Vγ9Vδ2 T cell cytotoxicity
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - January 31, 2007 Source Type: news
Second primary malignancies in females with primary fallopian tube cancer
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - January 31, 2007 Authors: Annika Riska, Eero Pukkala, Ghislaine Scélo, Lene Mellemkjaer, Kari Hemminki, Elisabete Weiderpass, Mary L. McBride, Vera Pompe-Kirn, Elizabeth Tracey, David H. Brewster, Erich V. Kliewer, Jon M. Tonita, Chia Kee-Seng, Jon G. Jonasson, Carmen Martos, Pao Source Type: news
Multiple roles of the candidate oncogene ZNF217 in ovarian epithelial neoplastic progression
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - January 31, 2007 Authors: Peixiang Li, Sarah Maines-Bandiera, Wen-Lin Kuo, Yinghui Guan, Yu Sun, Mark Hills, Guiqing Huang, Collin C. Collins, Peter C.K. Leung, Joe W. Gray, Nelly Auersperg Source Type: news
Targeted anti-mitotic therapies: can we improve on tubulin agents?
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - January 30, 2007 Authors: Jeffrey R. JacksonDenis R. PatrickMohammed M. DarPearl S. Huang Source Type: news
Jagged little pill?
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Source: Nature Reviews Cancer - January 30, 2007 Authors: Gemma Alderton Source Type: news
The short-time effects of chemotherapy with combinations of hydroxycamptothecine and oxaliplatin in treatment of advanced colorectal cancer
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 30, 2007 Tags: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: news
Mismatch repair gene hMSH2 protein as predictive maker for gastric carcinoma
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 30, 2007 Tags: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: news
Synergistic effects of hyperthermia and cisplatin on human lung adenocarcinoma cell line H1299
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Source: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 30, 2007 Tags: The Chinese-German Journal of Clinical Oncology Source Type: news
Use of interfering RNA to investigate the role of endogenous gastrin in the survival of gastrointestinal cancer cells
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - January 30, 2007 Authors: A M GrabowskaJ HughesS A Watson Source Type: news
Phellinus linteus activates different pathways to induce apoptosis in prostate cancer cells
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - January 30, 2007 Authors: T ZhuJ GuoL CollinsJ KellyZ J XiaoS-H KimC-Y Chen Source Type: news
[Thoracic Oncology] Randomized Phase II Trial of Paclitaxel Plus Carboplatin or Gemcitabine Plus Cisplatin in Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group Performance Status 2 Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Patients: ECOG 1599
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 30, 2007 Authors: Langer, Li, Schiller, Tester, Rapoport, Johnson Source Type: news
A Decision analysis to determine the appropriate treatment for low-risk myelodysplastic syndromes
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Source: Cancer - January 30, 2007 Authors: Mikkael A. Sekeres, Alex Z. Fu, Jaroslaw P. Maciejewski, Ali-Reza Golshayan, Matt E. Kalaycio, Michael W. Kattan Source Type: news
Overexpression of SERTAD3, a putative oncogene located within the 19q13 amplicon, induces E2F activity and promotes tumor growth
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Source: Oncogene - January 29, 2007 Authors: H DarwishJ M ChoM LoignonM A Alaoui-Jamali Source Type: news
Global DNA methylation profiling reveals silencing of a secreted form of Epha7 in mouse and human germinal center B-cell lymphomas
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Source: Oncogene - January 29, 2007 Authors: D W DawsonJ S HongR R ShenS W FrenchJ J TrokeY-Z WuS-S ChenD GuiM RegelsonY MarahrensH C MorseJ SaidC PlassM A Teitell Source Type: news
Study Data From Germany, India And The United States Shed Light On Prostate Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Prostate Cancer - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Critical Outcome Technologies Inc. And DDP Therapeutics Announce Promising Preliminary Test Results For Small Cell Lung Cancer Molecules
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Source: Cancercompass News: Other Cancer - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Research From Netherlands And Israel Provides New Breast Cancer Data
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Source: Cancercompass News: Breast Cancer - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Research From The United States And Germany Provide New Insights Into Lymphoma
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Source: Cancercompass News: Other Cancer - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
University Of California Publishes Research In Ovarian Cancer Prevention
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Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Study Findings From National Cancer Institute Provide New Insights Into Colon Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - January 29, 2007 Source Type: news
Topoisomerase II alpha amplification may predict benefit from adjuvant anthracyclines in HER2 positive early breast cancer
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - January 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Differential effects of tamoxifen and anastrozole on optic cup size in breast cancer survivors
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Source: Breast Cancer Research and Treatment - January 27, 2007 Source Type: news
Advances in the Management of Glioblastoma Multiforme: An Expert Interview With Dr. Renato La Rocca From 2006 SNO
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - January 26, 2007 Source Type: news
Contrast-Enhanced Intraoperative Ultrasonography During Surgery for Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Liver Cirrhosis: Is It Useful or Useless? A Prospective Cohort Study of Our Experience
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - January 26, 2007 Source Type: news
American Cancer Society Releases Guidelines On Merck's HPV Vaccine Gardasil
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 25, 2007 Source Type: news
'Bust that noma'
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Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics - January 25, 2007 Authors: Jalali Rakesh, Narain Ruchi Source Type: news
"Nano": The new nemesis of cancer
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Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics - January 25, 2007 Authors: Hede Shantesh, Huilgol Nagraj Source Type: news
Adult paratesticular malignant fibrous histiocytoma treated with surgery, systemic chemotherapy and postoperative adjuvant radiotherapy
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Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics - January 25, 2007 Authors: Schmitz Matthew Source Type: news
Stem cells cultured from human bone marrow behave like those derived from brain tissue
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Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - January 25, 2007 Source Type: news
Prostate-specific antigen in clinical practice.
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Source: Cancer Letters - January 25, 2007 Authors: Loeb S, Catalona WJ Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: news
Ventana Announces FDA Approval Of Antibody To Assess Whether Breast Cancer Patients Should Be Treated With Herceptin
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Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Increase in Use of Radiation After Surgery for Gastric Cancer
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Novel Computed Imaging Technique Uses Blurry Images To Enhance View
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Safety Monitoring Board Recommends Continuation Of EntreMed's MKC-1 Phase 2 Breast Cancer Study
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Long-term outcome of patients with intracranial germinoma
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Source: Journal of Neuro-Oncology - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
The p53/p21 DNA damage-signaling pathway is defective in most meningioma cells
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Source: Journal of Neuro-Oncology - January 24, 2007 Source Type: news
Ortho Biotech Seeks FDA Approval For DOXIL(R) In Combination With VELCADE(R) To Treat Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 23, 2007 Source Type: news
Increased expression of nucleophosmin/B23 in hepatocellular carcinoma and correlation with clinicopathological parameters
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - January 23, 2007 Authors: J-P YunJ MiaoG G ChenQ-H TianC-Q ZhangJ XiangJ FuP B S Lai Source Type: news
Analysis of chromosome 10 aberrations in rat endometrial cancer - evidence for a tumor suppressor locus distal to Tp53
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - January 23, 2007 Authors: Carola Nordlander, Sandra Karlsson, Åsa Karlsson, Åsa Sjöling, Marta Winnes, Karin Klinga-Levan, Afrouz Behboudi Source Type: news
In ovarian cancer the prognostic influence of HER2/neu is not dependent on the CXCR4/SDF-1 signalling pathway
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - January 23, 2007 Authors: D PilsA PinterJ ReibenweinA AlfanzP HorakB C SchmidL HeflerR HorvatA ReinthallerR ZeillingerM Krainer Source Type: news
Telomerase inhibitors: a new option for chemotherapy.
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Source: Advances in Cancer Research - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Inhibitors of the HSP90 molecular chaperone: current status.
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Source: Advances in Cancer Research - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Advances in immunotherapy for prostate cancer.
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Source: Advances in Cancer Research - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
The occurrence and significance of V gene mutations in B cell-derived human malignancy.
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Source: Advances in Cancer Research - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
High-resolution analysis of genetic events in cancer cells using bacterial artificial chromosome arrays and comparative genome hybridization.
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Source: Advances in Cancer Research - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
The systemic progression of human cancer: a focus on the individual disseminated cancer cell--the unit of selection.
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Source: Advances in Cancer Research - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Type II combi-molecules: design and binary targeting properties of the novel triazolinium-containing molecules JDD36 and JDE05.
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Source: Anti-Cancer Drugs - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Triple Combination Chemotherapy with Cisplatin, Docetaxel, and Irinotecan for Advanced Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Phase I/II Trial.
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Source: Journal of Thoracic Oncology - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Unusual Chemosensitivity of Advanced Bronchioalveolar Carcinoma after Gefitinib Response and Progression: A Case Report.
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Source: Journal of Thoracic Oncology - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
ERRATA.
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Source: Journal of Thoracic Oncology - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Nutrient Supplements Not Associated With Reduced Gastric Cancer Risk
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Amgen Launches 2007 Breakaway From Cancer Initiative
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
The gene encoding the prostatic tumor suppressor PSP94 is a target for repression by the Polycomb group protein EZH2
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Source: Oncogene - January 22, 2007 Authors: L BekeM NuyttenA Van EyndeM BeullensM Bollen Source Type: news
Girls Should Receive Cervical Cancer Vaccine: Experts
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
High incidence of meningioma in cranial irradiated survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - January 22, 2007 Authors: Yacov Goshen, Batia Stark, Liora Kornreich, Shalom Michowiz, Meora Feinmesser, Isaac Yaniv Source Type: news
A micro-RNA signature associated with race, tumor size, and target gene activity in human uterine leiomyomas
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Source: Genes, Chromosomes and Cancer - January 22, 2007 Authors: Tongsheng Wang, Xinmin Zhang, Laura Obijuru, Jordan Laser, Virginie Aris, Peng Lee, Khush Mittal, Patricia Soteropoulos, Jian-Jun Wei Source Type: news
Phone Calls Boost Rate Of Screening For Cancer
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Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer - January 22, 2007 Source Type: news
Tumor cells prevent mouse dendritic cell maturation induced by TLR ligands
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - January 20, 2007 Source Type: news
Trastuzumab: mechanism of action, resistance and future perspectives in HER2-overexpressing breast cancer.
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Source: Ann Oncol - January 19, 2007 Source Type: news
Specific expression of hepatocyte nuclear factor-1β in the ovarian clear cell adenocarcinoma and its application to cytological diagnosis
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Source: Cancer Science - January 19, 2007 Source Type: news
Intraoperative Digital Specimen Mammography: Rapid, Accurate Results Expedite Surgery
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - January 19, 2007 Source Type: news
Treatment of the Adenocarcinoma of the Esophagogastric Junction at a Single Institution in Mexico
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - January 19, 2007 Source Type: news
Incorporation of a laminin-derived peptide (SIKVAV) on polymer-modified adenovirus permits tumor-specific targeting via α6-integrins
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Source: Cancer Gene Therapy - January 19, 2007 Authors: M StevensonA B H HaleS J HaleN K GreenG BlackK D FisherK UlbrichA FabraL W Seymour Source Type: news
Bortezomib Inhibits Cell-Cell Adhesion and Cell Migration and Enhances Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Inhibitor-Induced Cell Death in Squamous Cell Cancer
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Source: Cancer Research - January 18, 2007 Authors: Lorch, J. H., Thomas, T. O., Schmoll, H.-J. Source Type: news
Frequent Mutation of Apc Gene in Rat Colon Tumors and Mucin-Depleted Foci, Preneoplastic Lesions in Experimental Colon Carcinogenesis
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Source: Cancer Research - January 18, 2007 Authors: Femia, A. P., Dolara, P., Giannini, A., Salvadori, M., Biggeri, A., Caderni, G. Source Type: news
Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Signaling Is Required for Microadenoma Formation in the Mouse Azoxymethane Model of Colonic Carcinogenesis
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Source: Cancer Research - January 18, 2007 Authors: Fichera, A., Little, N., Jagadeeswaran, S., Dougherty, U., Sehdev, A., Mustafi, R., Cerda, S., Yuan, W., Khare, S., Tretiakova, M., Gong, C., Tallerico, M., Cohen, G., Joseph, L., Hart, J., Turner, J. R., Bissonnette, M. Source Type: news
[Editorials] Targeting HER2 in Prostate Cancer: Where to Next?
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - January 18, 2007 Authors: Solit, Rosen Source Type: news
Pancreatic Cancer Linked To Poor Oral Hygiene
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - January 17, 2007 Source Type: news
Non-Radical Diagnostic Biopsies Do Not Negatively Influence Melanoma Patient Survival
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - January 17, 2007 Source Type: news
Evidence for heritable predisposition to epigenetic silencing of MLH1
