This is a selection of articles from the October 2007 archive. Click here for this month's Cancer & Oncology headlines.
Differential expression of angiogenesis associated genes in prostate cancer bone, liver and lymph node metastases
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Source: Clinical and Experimental Metastasis - October 31, 2007 Tags: Clinical and Experimental Metastasis Source Type: info
Drug may stave off brain tumor deaths
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 31, 2007 Source Type: info
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 31, 2007 Source Type: info
FAQ: My 39 year old mentally challenged had a meningioma removed, successfully, on the brain two weeks ago. 10 days later, h...
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 31, 2007 Source Type: info
Radiation and chemotherapy combination for nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children: Radiotherapy dose adaptation after chemotherapy response to minimize late effects
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - October 31, 2007 Authors: Daniel Orbach, Hervé Brisse, Sylvie Helfre, Jerzy Klijanienko, Danielle Bours, Véronique Mosseri, José Rodriguez Source Type: info
Skeletal Langerhans cell histiocytosis in children: Permanent consequences and health-related quality of life in long-term survivors
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Source: Pediatric Blood and Cancer - October 31, 2007 Authors: Loretta MS Lau, Kyra Stuurman, Sheila Weitzman Source Type: info
Survival Benefit of Glioblastoma Therapy Persists at Longer Follow-up
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Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - October 30, 2007 Tags: Hematology-Oncology Source Type: info
Survey Of Breast Cancer Patients Reveals Strains On Relationships, UK
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2007 Source Type: info
Egypt, Morocco, Palestinian Territories To Join U.S.-Middle East Breast Cancer Partnership, First Lady Bush Says
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Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today - October 30, 2007 Source Type: info
Sorafenib and surgical complications: a case report of adverse reaction to sorafenib during treatment for renal cell carcinoma.
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Source: European Journal of Surgical Oncology - October 30, 2007 Authors: Eng FC, Easson AM, Szentgyorgyi E, Knox JJ Tags: Eur J Surg Oncol Source Type: info
[Correspondence] Does the Decrease in Hormone Replacement Therapy Also Affect Breast Cancer Risk in the Netherlands?
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 30, 2007 Authors: Soerjomataram, Coebergh, Louwman, Visser, van Leeuwen Tags: Correspondence Source Type: info
[Breast Cancer] Phase III, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial of Atamestane Plus Toremifene Compared With Letrozole in Postmenopausal Women With Advanced Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer
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Source: Journal of Clinical Oncology - October 30, 2007 Authors: Goss, Bondarenko, Manikhas, Pendergrass, Miller, Langecker, Blanchett Tags: Breast Cancer Source Type: info
Symptoms and problems with functioning among women and men with inoperable lung cancer-A longitudinal study.
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Source: Lung Cancer - October 30, 2007 Authors: Lövgren M, Tishelman C, Sprangers M, Koyi H, Hamberg K Tags: Lung Cancer Source Type: info
Combination therapy with PEG-IFN-[alpha] and 5-FU inhibits HepG2 tumour cell growth in nude mice by apoptosis of p53
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - October 30, 2007 Authors: S HagiwaraM KudoT NakataniY SakaguchiM NagashimaN FukutaM KimuraS HayakawaH Munakata Tags: Full Paper Source Type: info
Radioprotectors
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Source: Clinical and Translational Oncology - October 29, 2007 Tags: Clinical and Translational Oncology Source Type: info
Einstein Researchers Receive Grants Totaling $700,000 For Innovative Breast Cancer Research
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 29, 2007 Source Type: info
Lack of HGPIN linked to better prostate cancer outcomes
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Source: MedWire News - Prostate Cancer - October 28, 2007 Source Type: info
Amonafide malate (Xanafide) granted orphan drug designation in EU for treatment of secondary acute myeloid leukaemia
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Source: NeLM news - Cancer - October 28, 2007 Tags: 8.1.5 Other antineoplastic drugs, Leukaemia, New drugs, European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) Source Type: info
200,000 PEOPLE WORLDWIDE AFFECTED EACH YEAR BY HIGHLY MALIGNANT BRAIN TUMOURS
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 28, 2007 Source Type: info
FAQ: My 39 year old mentally challenged had a meningioma removed, successfully, on the brain two weeks ago. 10 days later, h...
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 28, 2007 Source Type: info
Designing A Cancer-Killing Virus
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 28, 2007 Source Type: info
Prenatal and perinatal risk factors and testicular cancer: a hospital-based case-control study.
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Source: Oncology Research - October 27, 2007 Authors: Sonke GS, Chang S, Strom SS, Sweeney AM, Annegers JF, Sigurdson AJ Tags: Oncol Res Source Type: info
IL-2, TNF-alpha, and leptin: local versus systemic concentrations in NSCLC patients.
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Source: Oncology Research - October 27, 2007 Authors: Carpagnano GE, Spanevello A, Curci C, Salerno F, Palladino GP, Resta O, Di Gioia G, Carpagnano F, Foschino Barbaro MP Tags: Oncol Res Source Type: info
A review of clinical and molecular prognostic factors in osteosarcoma
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Source: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology - October 27, 2007 Tags: Journal of Cancer Research and Clinical Oncology Source Type: info
Celator(R) Pharmaceuticals Study Shows CPX-571 Maintains Synergistic Ratio Of Irinotecan And Cisplatin To Improve Anti-tumor Activity
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 27, 2007 Source Type: info
Distinct patterns of recurrence in triple-negative breast tumors
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - October 26, 2007 Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: info
A novel treatment regimen for poor-prognosis or relapsed germ-cell tumors
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - October 26, 2007 Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: info
Book review: Boyiadzis et al. (2007): Hematology-Oncology Therapy. New York: McGraw-Hill
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Source: Nature Clinical Practice Oncology - October 26, 2007 Authors: Martin Dreyling Tags: Book Review Source Type: info
Vaccination with metastasis-related tumor associated antigen TPD52 and CpG/ODN induces protective tumor immunity
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Source: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy - October 26, 2007 Tags: Cancer Immunology, Immunotherapy Source Type: info
First-Ever Meeting On The Science Of Cancer Health Disparities To Be Hosted By AACR
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 26, 2007 Source Type: info
Different measures of smoking exposure and mammographic density in postmenopausal Norwegian women: a cross-sectional study
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Source: Breast Cancer Research - October 26, 2007 Authors: Yngve Bremnes, Giske Ursin, Nils Bjurstam and Inger T Gram Source Type: info
Interactions between intakes of alcohol and postmenopausal hormones on risk of breast cancer
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Source: International Journal of Cancer - October 26, 2007 Authors: Naja Rod Nielsen, Morten Grønbæk Source Type: info
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: info
Epigenetic plasma markers could improve lung cancer diagnosis
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Source: MedWire News - Lung Cancer - October 25, 2007 Source Type: info
Effect of Adjuvant Radiotherapy on Local Recurrence in Stage II Rectal Cancer
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Source: Annals of Surgical Oncology - October 25, 2007 Tags: Annals of Surgical Oncology Source Type: info
Early decision and psychosocial support intervention for men with localised prostate cancer: an integrated approach
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Source: Supportive Care in Cancer - October 25, 2007 Tags: Supportive Care in Cancer Source Type: info
Delivering Cancer Drugs Using Nanoballs
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Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today - October 25, 2007 Source Type: info
Three Chemo Drugs Better Than Two for Advanced Head/Neck Cancers
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - October 25, 2007 Source Type: info
A Multicentre Phase II Study of Docetaxel plus Cisplatin for the Treatment of Advanced Gastric Cancer
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Source: Chemotherapy - October 24, 2007 Source Type: info
Kidney Cancer: An Overview
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Source: MUSC Cancer Podcast - October 24, 2007 Authors: Medical University of South Carolina Source Type: info
Selective biopsy of the sentinel node: technique and present state in the different tumors
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Source: Clinical and Translational Oncology - October 24, 2007 Tags: Clinical and Translational Oncology Source Type: info
Increased myeloid precursors in regenerating bone marrow; implications for detection of minimal residual disease in acute myeloid leukemia.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 24, 2007 Authors: Zeleznikova T, Stevulova L, Kovarikova A, Babusikova O Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: info
Expression of new prognostic markers, peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor and carbonic anhydrase IX, in human breast and ovarian carcinoma cell lines.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 24, 2007 Authors: Hunakova L, Bodo J, Chovancova J, Sulikova G, Pastorekova S, Sedlak J Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: info
Clonality analysis of intraductal proliferative lesions using the human androgen receptor assay.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 24, 2007 Authors: Li H, Chen Q, Zhu R, Gu DH, Zhu HG Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: info
New Lung Cancer Guidelines Oppose General CT Screening
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Source: CancerNetwork - October 24, 2007 Source Type: info
Berberine, a natural isoquinoline alkaloid, induces NAG-1 and ATF3 expression in human colorectal cancer cells.
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Source: Cancer Letters - October 24, 2007 Authors: Piyanuch R, Sukhthankar M, Wandee G, Baek SJ Tags: Cancer Lett Source Type: info
Prognostic factors in FIGO stage IB IIA small cell neuroendocrine carcinoma of the uterine cervix treated surgically: results of a multi-center retrospective Korean study.
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Source: Ann Oncol - October 24, 2007 Authors: Lee JM, Lee KB, Nam JH, Ryu SY, Bae DS, Park JT, Kim SC, Cha SD, Kim KR, Song SY, Kang SB Tags: Ann Oncol Source Type: info
More women opt for double mastectomy in breast cancer
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Source: MedWire News - Oncology - October 23, 2007 Source Type: info
Increased susceptibility of Sf1+/– mice to azoxymethane-induced colon tumorigenesis
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Source: Cancer Science - October 23, 2007 Tags: article ORIGINAL ARTICLES/REPORTS Source Type: info
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: info
Attitude Doesn't Affect Cancer Survival
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Source: MedicineNet Cancer General - October 23, 2007 Source Type: info
[Epinal radiotherapy accident: passed, present, future.]
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Source: Cancer radiotherapie - October 23, 2007 Authors: Peiffert D, Simon JM, Eschwege F Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: info
Pharmacokinetic analysis of two different docetaxel dose levels in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with docetaxel as monotherapy or with concurrent radiotherapy
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Source: BMC Cancer - October 23, 2007 Authors: Paal Fr Brunsvig, Anders Andersen, Steinar Aamdal, Vessela Kristensen and Harald Olsen Source Type: info
[Guide for External Beam Radiotherapy. Procedures 2007.]
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Source: Cancer radiotherapie - October 23, 2007 Authors: Ortholan C, Estivalet S, Barillot I, Costa A, Gérard JP, Tags: Cancer Radiother Source Type: info
Direct non-cyclooxygenase-2 targets of celecoxib and their potential relevance for cancer therapy
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Source: British Journal of Cancer AOP - October 23, 2007 Authors: A H Schonthal Tags: Minireview Source Type: info
NCCN Updates Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Guidelines
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Source: National Comprehensive Cancer Network - October 22, 2007 Source Type: info
Clinical relevance of the homologous recombination machinery in cancer therapy
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Source: Cancer Science - October 22, 2007 Tags: article Review Article Source Type: info
TCDD deregulates contact inhibition in rat liver oval cells via Ah receptor, JunD and cyclin A
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Source: Oncogene - October 22, 2007 Authors: C WeissD FaustI SchreckA RuffT FarwerckA MelenbergS SchneiderB Oesch-BartlomowiczJ ZatloukalováJ VondráčekF OeschC Dietrich Source Type: info
Smad3 deficiency inhibits v-ras-induced transformation by suppression of JNK MAPK signaling and increased farnesyl transferase inhibition
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Source: Oncogene - October 22, 2007 Authors: P R AranyS G RaneA B Roberts Source Type: info
Paclitaxel, bleomycin, etoposide, and cisplatin (T-BEP) as initial treatment in patients with poor-prognosis germ cell tumors (GCT): a phase II study.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Mardiak J, Sálek T, Sycová-Milá Z, Obertová J, Recková M, Mego M, Hlavatá Z, Brozmanová K, Risnyovzská Z, Svetlovská D, Koza I Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: info
PML and TRF2 protein expression in hereditary and sporadic colon cancer.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Plevová P, Bouchal J, Fiurásková M, Papezová M, Krepelová A, Curík R, Foretová L, Navrátilová M, Zapletalová J, Posolda T, Kolár Z Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: info
Fine-needle aspiration biopsy-RT-PCR expression analysis of prothymosin alpha and parathymosin in thyroid: novel proliferation markers?
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Letsas KP, Vartholomatos G, Tsepi C, Tsatsoulis A, Frangou-Lazaridis M Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: info
New [1,2,4]triazolo[4,3-c]quinazoline enhances cisplatin- and temozolomide-induced growth inhibition and apoptosis in HL-60 cells.
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Source: Neoplasma - October 20, 2007 Authors: Cipak L, Letasiova S, Repicky A, Jantova S Tags: Neoplasma Source Type: info
Evaluation of 2 whole-brain radiotherapy schedules and prognostic factors for brain metastases in breast cancer patients.
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 20, 2007 Source Type: info
Lovastatin sensitized human glioblastoma cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis.
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 20, 2007 Source Type: info
Bradmer provides Phase III Neuradiab trial update and guidance
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 20, 2007 Source Type: info
ESR2 variants not linked to prostate cancer risk
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Source: MedWire News - Prostate Cancer - October 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Sun exposure decreases breast cancer risk via vitamin D
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Source: MedWire News - Breast Cancer - October 19, 2007 Source Type: info
Common Early-warning Symptoms Of Ovarian Cancer Identified In CDC/Thomson Healthcare Study
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Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer - October 19, 2007 Source Type: info
FAQ: My 39 year old mentally challenged had a meningioma removed, successfully, on the brain two weeks ago. 10 days later, h...
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Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors - October 18, 2007 Source Type: info
Is the New Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Campaign for BRCA1 and BRCA2 Testing Really Ready for Prime Time?.
