Cancer Weekly articles from December 2001

Cancer Weekly archives from December 2001

Flow Cytometry Can Differentiate Hematogones From Neoplastic Cells.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Texas say that flow cytometry can be used to distinguish healthy but immature B cells from potentially malignant cells. "Bone marrow...

Chemical Exposure On List Of Job-Related Factors Causing Liver Cancer.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Long-term exposure to two carcinogens, xylene and toluene, is on a list of occupational risk factors associated with the formation of primary liver cancer in...

Researchers Identify Enzyme Responsible For Genetic Diversity.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Simultaneous reports by two teams at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), led by Professor Paul Russell, PhD, and Associate Professor Clare H. McGowan, PhD, identify the resolvase enzyme that may be...

International Team Establishes Receptor Role In Female Cancer Prognosis.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Members of the multinational Tumor and Angiogenesis Research Group say a fully functioning angiogenic pathway is typically present in endometrial carcinoma...

Pulmonary Tuberculosis Can Delay Diagnosis.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Pulmonary tuberculosis can prevent physicians and health care workers from making a timely diagnosis of lung cancer, researchers in South Korea have found. ...

Study Reveals Novel Role For Measles Virus In Cancer Therapy.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The measles vaccine could soon be taking on a new role in medical therapy. Medical investigators at the Mayo Clinic say they have determined a common strain of...

Retinoid Fenretinide Squashes Tumor Proliferation In Separate Pathways.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Fenretinide, currently undergoing clinical investigation for the treatment of cancer, appears to inhibit endothelial cell-related angiogenesis using two...

Gene Chips Categorize Lung Cancers According To Gene Function.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using miniaturized chips that make snapshots of the activity of thousands of genes at once, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have divided lung cancers into new categories based on their gene...

BioVex Names Group Leader of Immunology.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioVex, Ltd. has appointed Dr. Philip Reay to the position of group leader, immunology. Prior to joining BioVex, Reay was a senior research fellow in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine and the...

Anastrozole Compared With Tamoxifen For Advanced Disease.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to authors of a multicenter study, Arimidex (anastrozole) should be the first choice, first-line therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone-sensitive advanced breast cancer. ...

InSightec Authorized To Begin Phase III Trials In U.S.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InSightec Image Guided Treatment, Ltd., has received approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to commence Phase III clinical testing for the treatment of breast tumors (fibroadenoma). This is...

Removing Both Breasts Cuts Risk Of Cancer Over 89.5%.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Mayo Clinic study shows that prophylactic removal of both breasts reduces the risk of a subsequent breast cancer by 89.5% to 100% in women known to be carriers of mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2...

Tamoxifen Reduces Incidence In Women With Inherited BRCA2, Not BRCA1.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The drug tamoxifen reduces the incidence of breast cancer in healthy women who carry BRCA2 gene mutations that predispose them to the disease but does not reduce breast cancer incidence in healthy women...

Gemin X Reports In Vivo Efficacy of Viral Death Protein in Cancer.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gemin X Biotechnologies, Inc., has announced that their novel E4orf4 viral death protein was shown to selectively induce apoptosis in several types of cancer cells in vitro and significantly retard...

BioSante Licenses Vaccine Technology To Corixa Corp.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioSante Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BTPH) has licensed its Bio-Vant vaccine adjuvant on a nonexclusive basis to Corixa Corp. (CRXA) for use in several potential vaccines to be developed by Corixa. This...

Biomira Receives Patent Protection For Its Idiotypic Vaccines.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Biomira, Inc. (BIOM) announced that its subsidiary, Biomira USA, Inc., was issued a second patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for composition of matter used in Biomira's cancer vaccine...

Phase II Clinical Trial With MVA-HPV-IL2 Immunotherapy Initiated.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transgene (TRGNY) announced the initiation of a Phase II clinical trial of its immunotherapeutic MVA-HPV-IL2 product candidate for the treatment of cervical cancer. The trial will be conducted in...

Animal Model Developed.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Taiwan have developed a murine model of chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), which they believe will aid study of the malignancy. Yu-Chia Su...

Aspirin Is Not Cost-Effective Substitute For Screening.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some animal studies have shown that aspirin and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have an antitumor effect in the colon. Also, some studies in people suggest that these drugs may...

Rolling Biologics License Application Filing For Erbitux Now Complete.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ImClone Systems, Inc., (IMCL) has completed its rolling biologics license application (BLA) submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for approval of Erbitux (formerly known as IMC-C225)...

New Treatment Options Available For Actinic Keratoses.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When it comes to skin cancer, the next best thing to prevention is early diagnosis and cure. For one of the most common types of skin cancer, squamous cell carcinoma, a skin growth called actinic...

AltaRex Announces Results for Third Quarter 2001.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AltaRex Corp. (AXO.TO, ALXFF.OTC), a developer of foreign antibodies that activate the immune system to treat cancer, announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001. All...

Novartis Submits Supplemental NDA For GI Treatment.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novartis has submitted a supplementary new drug application (sNDA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), seeking marketing authorization for its novel drug Gleevec (imatinib mesylate) for the...

Amarillo Biosciences Gets Grant To Develop H. pylori Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Amarillo Biosciences, Inc., (AMAR) has received a small business innovative research (SBIR) grant of $96,248 from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) to develop a vaccine to combat Helicobacter...

Trisenox Recommended For Approval In Europe.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., (CTI) has received a recommendation for approval from the Committee for Proprietary Medicinal Products (CPMP) for Trisenox (arsenic trioxide) injection in the treatment of...

Ribbon Of Hope Award Goes To Cell Therapeutics.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Therapeutics, Inc., has received the Ribbon of Hope Award (CTIC) from the International Myeloma Foundation (IMF). "We are pleased to honor Cell Therapeutics and Dr. Bianco with our Ribbon of...

Foundation Established To Increase Public Awareness.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Oral Cancer Foundation has been established in California to reduce incidence, suffering, and death due to oral cancer, and to assist patients and caregivers who cope with it. The Foundation,...

InterMune Expands Strategic Partnership With Boehringer Ingelheim.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- InterMune, Inc., (ITMN) has expanded its international strategic partnership with Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH to include the development and commercialization of interferon (gamma)-1b for...

Vical Gets Protection For Gene-Based Cancer Treatments.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vical, Inc., has been issued U.S. Patent No. 6,297,219, to which Vical has licensed exclusive commercial rights from the University of Michigan and that broadly covers direct injection of genetic...

Investigational Compound Shows Antitumor Activity.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc., and the New York Weill Cornell Medical Center reported interim findings of two ongoing Phase I clinical trials of an investigational drug, radiolabeled J591, in...

Viral Vectors Carrying Bax Gene Increase Likelihood For Apoptosis.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Tumors that are resistant to apoptosis could be treated with gene therapies designed to counteract that resistance, researchers in Ireland suggest. The...

FDA Advises Avax To Submit New IND For Frozen Cancer Vaccines.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As a result of discussions with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding clinical hold issues related to Avax Technologies' M-Vax and O-Vax autologous cancer vaccines, and the company's...

Introgen Patents Gene Associated With Cancer and Other Diseases.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imperial Cancer Research Technology, Ltd., (ICRT) has been issued a U.S. patent for the PTEN gene, which may be important for the treatment of cancer and for hyperproliferative diseases such as...

MedImmune Licenses Cancer Target From Purdue Research Foundation.(Brief Article)
December 4, 2001... 2001 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MedImmune, Inc., has licensed worldwide rights to EphA2 technology from Purdue Research Foundation. MedImmune will be responsible for developing, manufacturing, and commercializing therapeutics that...

Breast Cancer Resistance Protein Can Confer Drug Resistance.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe have shown that a protein known to confer resistance to multiple anticancer drugs is often expressed by acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...

Synthesized Nucleotide Prevents Tumors, Protects Against Metastasis.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Harvard Medical School investigators have synthesized genetic particles that protect rodents against the formation of prostate cancers and, when tumors are...

Antibody Encapsulation An Alternative For Antiangiogenesis Therapy.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A host of maladies associated with the overgrowth of new blood vessels might some day be treated with the use of bioengineered particles immobilized in...

Antisense Therapy May Enhance Effects Of Chemotherapy.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisense therapy shows promise in attacking two types of breast cancer and can enhance the effects of standard chemotherapy, according to a study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and...

Study Finds Radiation Effective As Surgery In Vocal Chord Cancer.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiation therapy can cure throat cancer as effectively as surgery while preserving people's vocal cords and voices, University of Florida researchers have found. The study, published in the...

Researchers Identify Genes For Different Types Of Lung Cancer.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Stanford (California) University Medical Center have uncovered a group of genes that could distinguish between different forms of lung cancer. This finding may help doctors...

Targeted Radiation, Chemotherapy Combination May Be Effective.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- When pancreatic cancer is diagnosed, surgery to remove the tumor offers the greatest potential for patient survival. But in the vast majority of cases, surgery is not an option, forcing patients...

Nanogenerator Delivers Radioactivity Directly To Cancer Cell.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team of researchers has developed a molecular-size atomic generator that slips into cancer cells like a tiny Trojan horse and produces extremely small but potent radioactive particles that destroy...

Photodynamic Therapy Effective In Skin Cancer Trial.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PhotoCure ASA reports very positive results from a phase III multicenter clinical trial in Australia, where 102 patients with 165 basal cell carcinoma lesions were treated with photodynamic therapy...

Letrozole Is Superior Preoperative Therapy For Postmenopausal Women.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The largest preoperative aromatase inhibitor trial demonstrates that the breast cancer drug Femara (letrozole) is a more effective therapy for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive tumors...

NCI Renews 5-Year, $12.5 Million Grant To UNC.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Cancer Institute has renewed a five-year, $12.5 million grant for breast cancer studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The money will support ongoing research and...

INGN 241 Gene Drug Selectively Induces Cancer Cell Death.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Introgen Therapeutics, Inc., announced the publication of a study describing bioinformatic and functional analyses of the mda-7 gene. Preclinical studies, related to INGN 241, Introgen's mda-7...

Thalidomide Tested As Potential COX-2/Cancer Inhibitor.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Celgene Corp. (CELG) and the Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College of Cornell University announced November 20, 2001, that data from an in vitro study determined that thalidomide and IMiDs...

Pentostatin, Cyclophosphamide Together Show Excellent Activity And Tolerability.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SuperGen, Inc., announced that data from a Phase I/II study of its anticancer drug pentostatin (Nipent) in combination with cyclophosphamide showed a 73% (16/22) response rate in patients who suffer...

Loss Of Genetic Stability Drives Cancer Progression.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genomic instability has been shown to be an essential feature of solid tumors, enabling the several steps of tumor progression to occur. Genomic damage in common (nonfamilial) colorectal cancer is...

Should Elderly Patients Be Told They Have Cancer?(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study finds that 88% of older people would like to be told if they developed cancer, despite evidence that doctors fail to inform patients, particularly older people, when they diagnose cancer. ...

Antisoma Reports First Quarter Results.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisoma PLC (ASM), a company specializing in the development of products for the treatment of cancer, has announced results for the quarter ended September 30, 2001. "The quarter has seen further...

Transgene Announces Third Quarter Financial Results.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transgene (TRGNY, TRANSGENE) has announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001. Transgene reported a net loss of EUR 4.4 million (US $4.0 million) in the third quarter...

Cancer, Genetics, Biotechnology Research To Get $80 Million Building.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A congressional appropriation of $2.25 million, approved by President George W. Bush November 12, 2001, will boost the future construction of an $80 million facility for genetics, cancer and...

Clothing Magnate Donates $150 Million To Hopkins For Cancer Research.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clothing magnate Sidney Kimmel is donating $150 million for cancer research at Johns Hopkins University, the largest gift the school has ever received. The money will also be used to build a...

PET Scans Provide Important Post-Treatment Prognostic Data.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Positron emission tomography (PET) scanning after treatment for Hodgkin disease (HD) can identify patients likely to need further medical interventions,...

Yeast Genes May Hold Key To Radiation Protection, Cancer Survival.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- What protects us from radiation? Some answers are found in more than 100 yeast genes A novel search of 3760 "nonessential" yeast genes has revealed 107 new genes that may determine how we resist,...

Genetically Engineered T Cell Tackles Tumors.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An experimental method has been developed to tackle metastasized kidney cancer, according to a report by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research. After being engineered outside the...

HLA-B27 Carriers Have Elevated Risk.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients whose blood cells express HLA-B27 have a heightened risk of developing hematological malignancies, according to researchers in Hong Kong. "Human...

Electrolysis May Offer Advantages Over Surgery.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In June 2000, the Adelaidean reported on promising trials of a new technique to treat patients suffering from cancers of the liver. The researchers recently presented the preliminary results of those...

Experts Say Screening Is Vital In Detecting Early Disease.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- It might look like a small red patch on your tongue, or a gray spot underneath. Either way, you're not likely to notice it. "One of the problems with oral cancer is that it's mostly painless and...

Court Orders Generic Breast Cancer Drug Off Market.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration was wrong to approve a generic version of the breast cancer drug Taxol, a federal appeals court said, ordering that the generic drug be pulled from the market. ...

ImmunoGen Introduces Taxane-Based Tumor-Activated Prodrug Platform.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ImmunoGen, Inc., (IMGN) has reported that data from its taxane-based Tumor-Activated Prodrug (TAP) platform showed exceptional antitumor activity in mice. Results were presented at the 2001 American...

Computer-Tailored Cessation Programs Helps Increase Number Who Quit.(Brief Article)
December 11, 2001... 2001 DEC 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study of daily smokers in Switzerland helped to increase abstinence rates among those who received personalized computer-generated counseling letters along with booklets that matched their level of...

Created Bacteria Selectively Target Advanced Tumors.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists from the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins have created bacteria that selectively target large advanced tumors in mice. Results of their experiments were...

Study Optimizes Time Intervals For Administering Photodynamic Therapy.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Researchers in Japan have determined the optimal time intervals for maximizing the efficacy of photodynamic therapy. Photodynamic therapy is typically used...

Women Under 30 Have Less-Favorable Overall Survival Prognosis.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who are diagnosed with breast carcinoma at age 30 or younger appear to have a poorer overall survival (OS) and recurrence-free survival (RFS) compared with their older counterparts, according to...

Computer Model Indicates Cancer May Be Stem Cell Disorder.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Jefferson Medical College have developed a computer model showing that a form of inherited colon cancer, familial adenomatous polyposis, or FAP, may begin when processes that regulate...

Mixed Report Card On Informed Consent For Cancer Clinical Trials.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While most cancer patients enrolled in clinical trials understand the primary purpose of the research, nearly one quarter of the participants do not realize that clinical trials are conducted mainly to...

Chlorophyllin Shown To Decrease Risk Significantly.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Taking chlorophyllin greatly reduces the levels of aflatoxin-DNA damage byproducts in the body, which are indicators of exposure to carcinogenic aflatoxins and increased risk of liver cancer. ...

Modified TheraSphere Treatment Beneficial For Inoperable Liver Cancer.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer specialists at the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center (GCC) report that TheraSphere, a new approach used to treat inoperable liver cancer, has resulted in a 38% success rate as...

Conditioning Regimen May Affect Chimerism Rate.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The choice of conditioning regimens for stem cell transplantation may determine the rate of donor cell chimerism, researchers in Japan say. Dr. Yoichi...

Myriad Genetics Launches Predictive Medicine Business in Brazil.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Myriad Genetics, Inc., (MYGN) and Fleury Laboratories, of Sao Paulo, Brazil, have formed a collaboration to market Myriad's predictive medicine products throughout Brazil. Brazil, with a...

Activated Macrophage Cells Reduce Tumor Recurrence.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immuno-Designed Molecules, S.A. (IDM) confirmed that IDM-activated macrophage cells (MAK) have significantly reduced tumor recurrence in a Phase I/II clinical trial in superficial bladder cancer. ...

Ancient Chinese Folk Remedy May Hold Key To Nontoxic Cancer Treatment.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two bioengineering researchers at the University of Washington have discovered a promising potential treatment for cancer among the ancient arts of Chinese folk medicine. Research Professor Henry...

Radiofrequency Energy Sizzles Tumors Without Surgery.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research conducted at the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows that by using radiofrequency energy, doctors can now "cook" tumors without actually removing...

Vascular Targeting Agent Enhances Radiation Therapy.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisoma, plc, announced that its newly in-licensed vascular targeting agent, DMXAA, is able to enhance the impact of radiotherapy on tumors in animal models. Work carried out by scientists in...

Enchira Biotechnology Reports Third Quarter Results.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Enchira Biotechnology Corp. (ENBC) has announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2001. Revenues for the third quarter were $125,000 compared with $135,157 for the same period in...

Implant Sciences Reports 58% Increase In First Quarter Revenue.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Implant Sciences Corp. (IMX, IMX.WS), which develops medical products for radiation oncology, interventional cardiology, and orthopedic applications, has announced improved operating results for the...

Novuspharma SpA Announces Results For The Third Quarter.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novuspharma SpA (NOV.MI) has reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2001 and an update on clinical development. The company also announced that its cofounders and...

Protein Chain Reactions Are Tracked To Observe Functions.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a crowded U.S. Food and Drug Administration laboratory, a scientist fires a miniature laser at cells from a cancer patient, a purple blast that captures normal, precancerous and tumor cells. ...

Early Phase II Study Results Of Rubitecan Is Promising.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- SuperGen, Inc. (SUPG) announced that data from an ongoing Phase II study of its oral anticancer compound rubitecan shows that the drug "is active and well-tolerated in patients previously treated for...

Matrix Submits European Application For IntraDose Approval.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Matrix Pharmaceutical, Inc., (MATX) has submitted an application for the approval of IntraDose (cisplatin/epinephrine) Injectable Gel for the treatment of recurrent or refractory head and neck cancer...

Trientine Dismantles Growth, Cuts Off Tumor Nourishment In Liver Cancer.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A therapeutic alternative for Wilson disease could also benefit patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, a form of primary liver cancer. Doctors in Japan...

Gene Gun Therapy Via Oral Mucosa Generates System-Wide Tumor Inhibition.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2001... 2001 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The oral mucosa may be best for some types of particle-mediated gene transfer. After comparing various tissues for gene expression following cancer gene...