Cancer Weekly articles from December 2003

Cancer Weekly archives from December 2003

Two CD95 tumor classes with different sensitivities to antitumor drugs.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two CD95 tumor classes with different sensitivities to antitumor drugs. According to recent research from the United States, "CD95 type I and II cells differ in their dependence on mitochondria to...

Adenoviral overexpression coupled with lab assays can uncover gene profiles.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Adenoviral overexpression coupled with lab assays can uncover gene profiles. "The retinoblastoma gene family consisting of RB/p105, p107, and RB2/p130 cooperate to regulate cell-cycle progression...

Ruta 6 induces selective apoptosis in glioma cells.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The novel agent Ruta 6 induces selective apoptosis in glioma cells. "Although conventional chemotherapies are used to treat patients with malignancies, damage to normal cells is problematic....

Transparent fish provide window on blood formation and marrow transplantation.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have developed powerful new techniques to see in unprecedented detail how blood-forming cells develop in zebrafish. The scientists have used this system to transplant blood cells with...

Safety and efficacy of low-dose docetaxelin advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Safety and efficacy of low-dose docetaxelin advanced non-small cell lung cancer. According to a study from Japan, "The efficacy and toxicity of low-dose docetaxel (60 mg/m[superscript]2) were evaluated...

Nonmelanoma cancer associated with other cancers.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with a history of nonmelanoma skin cancer are at significantly greater risk for other cancers, regardless of age, ethnicity, socioeconomic background, or other lifestyle risk factors. This...

Farnesyltransferase inhibitors in AML and myelodysplastic syndromes.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Farnesyltransferase inhibitors in AML and myelodysplastic syndromes. According to a study from the United States, "Farnesyltransferase inhibitors were initially developed as Ras inhibitors as they...

Particulate air pollution and on quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Particulate air pollution and on quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada. According to a study from Canada, "Air pollution and premature death are important public health concerns. Analyses have...

Improved diagnosis of fungal infections no longer requires preventive therapy.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improved diagnosis of fungal infections no longer requires preventive therapy. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Hematology, "invasive fungal infections are a primary...

Myxoma of the right atrium could be due to fusion of giant cells.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Myxoma of the right atrium could be due to fusion of giant cells. "Myxoma is the commonest primary tumor of the heart, arising more frequently in the left than the right atrium," researchers in...

Moshe Oren named winner of NIH MERIT Award.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Professor Moshe Oren, a cancer researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, was named a 2003 winner of the highly selective MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award. The award...

Management of common bile duct stones: The state of the art in 2000.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Management of common bile duct stones: The state of the art in 2000. According to recent research from Chile, "Biliary lithiasis is a widespread disease all over the world; one-third of the white...

Blood pressure and site-specific cancer mortality.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood pressure and site-specific cancer mortality. According to a study from Denmark, "Studies relating blood pressure to cancer risk have some shortcomings and have revealed inconsistent findings....

Perfluorocarbon-based blood substitute undergoes phase I clinical trial.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synthetic Blood International Inc. (SYBD) announced that a phase I clinical trial of Oxycyte, its perfluorocarbon-based blood substitute, started on October 30, 2003, and believes that Oxycyte may be...

14-3-3 Sigma positively regulates p53 and suppresses tumor growth.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- 14-3-3 sigma positively regulates p53 and suppresses tumor growth. According to published research from the United States, "The 14-3-3 sigma (sigma) protein, a negative regulator of the cell cycle, is a...

Bone sialoprotein overexpression fosters cancer cell metastasis in study mice.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bone sialoprotein overexpression fosters cancer cell metastasis in study mice. According to recent research from the United States, "bone sialoprotein (BSP) is a major non-collagenous protein found...

Breast cancer detection system receives marketing approval from FDA.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iCAD, Inc., (ICAD) has received necessary approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to market its new iCAD iQ Computer Aided Detection system. The iQ system is designed specifically...

Comparative transductions of breast cancer cells by three DNA viruses.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Comparative transductions of breast cancer cells by three DNA viruses. "Defining the ideal vectors to transduce breast cancer using viruses is currently under intense preclinical evaluation,"...

Coping and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coping and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer. According to recent research published in the journal Health Psychology, "Predictors and outcomes of benefit finding, positive...

Danish researchers use image data software to help breast cancer research.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scimagix Inc. announced that the Institute of Cancer Biology (part of the Danish Cancer Society) and Danish Centre for Translational Breast Cancer Research (DCTB) has selected Scimagix's Image...

Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy. According to recent research from England, "The purpose of this study was to examine the use of ultrasound (US)-guided core...

EZH2 is a marker of aggressive breast cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EZH2 is a marker of aggressive breast cancer. According to a study from the United States, "The Polycomb Group Protein EZH2 is a transcriptional repressor involved in controlling cellular memory and has...

FDA gives approval for phase III registrational trial for breast cancer drug.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- YM BioSciences Inc. (YMBA) has received written confirmation from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that it may initiate a pivotal phase III, or registrational trial, for its lead...

Flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Greece.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Greece. "Flavonoids have been investigated for possible inverse associations with various chronic degenerative diseases, but there...

Hpr6.6 protein mediates cell death from oxidative damage in MCF-7 breast cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hpr6.6 protein mediates cell death from oxidative damage in MCF-7 breast cancer. "Reactive oxygen species (ROS) cause cell death and are associated with a variety of maladies, from trauma and...

PET imaging still questionable as means of predicting chemotherapy response.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While early detection and new drug therapies have contributed significantly to the battle against breast cancer, doctors continue to search for better methods to improve patients' odds of survival. ...

Surgical treatment for elderly breast cancer patients over age 70.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgical treatment for elderly breast cancer patients over age 70. "Because elderly breast cancer patients differ in various biological characteristics from younger patients, it is important to...

The LeJour vertical mammoplasty pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The LeJour vertical mammoplasty pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery, "An application of the LeJour vertical mammoplasty...

iCAD, Inc. to distribute iQ Tabletop CAD System.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- iCAD, Inc., (ICAD), which designs, develops, and markets computer aided detection (CAD) imaging technology and systems for the early detection of breast cancer, and Merry X-Ray Corp., a distributor of...

Cancer registry useful for Florida breast cancer early detection program.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators report results from a Florida breast cancer early detection program using the statewide cancer registry. According to recent research published in the journal Breast Cancer Research...

Canadian study confirms women with implants require more medical care.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study by epidemiologists at the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health, finds that Canadian women with breast implants use much more medical services than other women of the same...

Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001. "Mortality patterns among women with cosmetic breast implants have not been well characterized. We examined cause...

Improving recipient vessel exposure during microvascular breast reconstruction.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving recipient vessel exposure during microvascular breast reconstruction. "Microvascular tissue transfer has become the gold standard for breast reconstruction. The primary drawback to these...

Measuring the burden, needs, and quality of life of informal caregivers.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measuring the burden, needs, and quality of life of informal caregivers. "Significant demands are being placed on the informal caregivers of chronically ill patients, including those suffering from...

Choline phospholipid metabolism: A target in cancer cells?
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Choline phospholipid metabolism: A target in cancer cells? According to a study from the United States, "The experience of treating cancer over the past several decades overwhelmingly demonstrates that...

Drosophila genetics can be a screening model for metastasis.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Drosophila genetics can be a screening model for metastasis. "Cancer metastasis is a complex process involving many genes and pathways. This complexity hinders the identification of molecules...

Gene therapy containing p53 combines with CDDP to arrest liver tumor growth.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gene therapy containing p53 combines with CDDP to arrest liver tumor growth. "Surgical resection is thought to be the best treatment for liver carcinoma, including hepatocellular carcinoma and...

Onward in my journey - preparing nurses for a new age of cancer care.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Onward in my journey - preparing nurses for a new age of cancer care. According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Nursing, "Cancer nursing education in the United Kingdom currently is...

VEGF-C might act as a switch for tumor metastasis.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VEGF-C might act as a switch for tumor metastasis. According to recent research from Switzerland, "in several human cancers, increased expression in primary tumors of vascular endothelial growth...

Hepatitis B virus genes promote liver cancer in chronic hepatitis C patients.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hepatitis B virus genes promote liver cancer in chronic hepatitis C patients. According to recent research published in the journal Digestive Diseases and Sciences, "the hepatitis B virus (HBV) gene...

COX-2, cAMP and protein kinase A traverse integrins to regulate angiogenesis.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- COX-2, cAMP and protein kinase A traverse integrins to regulate angiogenesis. According to recent research published in the journal Thrombosis and Haemostasis, "angiogenesis, the development of new...

Genetic loci mark host response to angiogenic control.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genetic loci mark host response to angiogenic control. "Angiogenesis is regulated by the balance between angiogenic stimulators and inhibitors. Numerous reports have demonstrated that tumors induce...

Real-time imaging depicts how TRAIL can treat tumors.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Real-time imaging depicts how TRAIL can treat tumors. "Tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand ( TRAIL) has been shown to induce apoptosis in neoplastic cells. While many previous...

Risk of second malignancy high after HDT and stem-cell autotransplantation.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patients who undergo intensive therapy with stem cell autografts have a high risk of second malignancies. Physicians in Canda conducted a study "to establish incidence and risk factors for...

Radiofrequency ablation being used to treat cancerous tumors.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) is a minimally invasive procedure that is being used to treat certain cancers at The American Institute for Cancer Ablation. A needle is inserted into the tumor using...

Tumoral immune resistance based on tryptophan degradation by enzyme.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found evidence for a tumoral immune resistance mechanism based on tryptophan degradation by indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase. According to a study from Belgium, "T lymphocytes undergo...

Free radicals mediate cardiac toxicity induced by adriamycin.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Free radicals mediate cardiac toxicity induced by adriamycin. "Anthracycline antibiotics, including adriamycin (ADM), are widely used to treat various human cancers, but their clinical use has been...

Cardiac patient with complications delivers healthy baby.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- At the age of 25, Nancy DePrete was told that she had a 10% chance of having a baby. After suffering a stroke at the age of 24 and being diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 25, Nancy's...

KCl cotransport is an important modulator of cervical cancer growth and invasion.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- KCl cotransport is an important modulator of cervical cancer growth and invasion. According to a study from Taiwan, "Cervical cancer is a major world health problem for women, but the pathophysiology of...

National coverage initiated for DNAwithPap test.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Digene Corporation (DIGE) announced that Cigna Healthcare has updated their cervical cancer screening Clinical Resource Tool to include human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in combination with a Pap test...

The development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan. "The differences in radiotherapeutic treatment systems for cervical cancer between the United States and Japan can be...

Acid pH affects the distribution of chemotherapeutic agents in vitro.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Acid pH affects the distribution of chemotherapeutic agents in vitro. "Resistance to anticancer chemotherapies often leads to regional failure, and can be caused by biochemical and/or physiological...

Vitamin K is not associated with the development of childhood cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin K is not associated with the development of childhood cancer. "The relationship between neonatal vitamin K received by the intramuscular (i.m.) route and the development of leukemia or other...

Challenges of recruitment and retention in multisite clinical research.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Challenges of recruitment and retention in multisite clinical research. "This article reviews recruitment and retention issues in a multisite, multistate (California, New York, Connecticut, Georgia,...

Alliance with the Cleveland Clinic uses imaging system in cancer research.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Applied Imaging Corp. announced the formation of a clinical research imaging collaboration with the Department of Anatomic Pathology at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation. As part of this...

Miikana Therapeutics inks strategic alliance for antibody development.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Miikana Therapeutics, Inc., and NovImmune, SA, have established a collaboration to develop fully human antibody-based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and immune diseases. The resulting...

High expression of CD55 by colorectal cancers is predictive of low survival.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High expression of CD55 by colorectal cancers is predictive of low survival and recurrence. According to research published in the journal Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, "this study prospectively...

Modified de Gramont with oxaliplatin in treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Modified de Gramont with oxaliplatin in treatment of advanced colorectal cancer. "We previously reported high activity for oxaliplatin and a modified de Gramont regimen (OxMdG) in a single center...

Motility of colon cancer cells: modulation by CD44 isoform expression.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Motility of colon cancer cells: modulation by CD44 isoform expression. According to recent research from Canada, "The invasion of cancer cells at primary tumor sites and their migration during...

Probiotic bacteria may inhibit colon cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Probiotic bacteria may inhibit colon cancer. "Although a myriad of health-promoting effects have been attributed to the probiotic lactic acid bacteria, perhaps the most interesting and...

2003 survey shows limited awareness of cancer prevalence.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a new survey show that fewer than one in three Europeans recognize that colorectal cancer (CRC) is now the most common cancer among European men and women, ahead of both breast and lung...

Multivitamin use and colorectal cancer incidence in a U.S. cohort.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multivitamin use and colorectal cancer incidence in a U.S. cohort. According to a study from the United States, "Multivitamins contain several nutrients, including folic acid, that are hypothesized to...

NSAIDs inhibit colorectal neoplasia.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NSAIDs inhibit colorectal neoplasia. "Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit colorectal neoplasia, an effect that is associated with their ability to induce apoptosis. Although...

Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults. "Incidence rates for colorectal cancer are decreasing in the United States, possibly due to preventative cancer screening. Because...

Cytology smears retain best antigen reactivity if directly fixed in 95% ethanol.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytology smears retain best antigen reactivity if directly fixed in 95% ethanol. According to a study from the United States, "as an extension of a previous study, we evaluated interference in...

Mechanism of apoptotic resistance of human osteosarcoma cell line elucidated.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have elucidated the mechanism of apoptotic resistance of human osteosarcoma cell line, HS-Os-1, against irradiation. "In our previous study, we examined reactive oxygen species (ROS)...

Imaging company inks agreement with the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc., (IMDS) announced the signing of a collaborative agreement with the Rumbaugh-Goodwin Institute (RGI) for Cancer Research, Inc., for the development of optical imaging...

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells express different genes in kidney cancer.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Peripheral blood mononuclear cells have predictor genes and express certain proteins differently in renal cell carcinoma patients. "Expression profiling has demonstrated that transcriptomes of...

Tumor oxygen use, hypoxia, can be observed by MRI with FREDOM.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor oxygen use, hypoxia, can be observed by MRI with FREDOM. The MRI FREDOM (Fluorocarbon Relaxometry Using Echo Planar Imaging for Dynamic Oxygen Mapping) measures oxygen tension; variability in...

A 22-year French experience with solid tumors in children with Down syndrome.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A 22-year French experience with solid tumors in children with Down syndrome. According to recent research from France, "Malignant solid tumors have rarely been reported in children with Down syndrome...

Inhalant nitrite alters hepatic angiogenic gene expression in mice.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inhalant nitrite alters hepatic angiogenic gene expression in mice. According to recent research published in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, "inhalant nitrites are...

HIF-1 may be target for future cancer and heart disease drugs.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIF-1 may be a therapeutic target for future drugs designed to fight cancer, heart disease and other disorders. "Sensing and responding to fluxes in oxygen tension is perhaps the single most...

Research agreement supports computer-assisted molecular design of medicines.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shionogi & Co., Ltd., has entered into a joint research agreement with Professor Shin-ichiro Nishimura of the Hokkaido University Faculty of Science to use carbohydrate-related functional bioinformatic...

Assisted dying and end-of-life symptom management.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Assisted dying and end-of-life symptom management. "This qualitative study aimed to describe symptom management strategies oncology nurses have used in responding to and preventing requests of...

Biopharma company announces third quarter 2003 financial results.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenVec, Inc., (GNVC), a biopharmaceutical company, announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003. GenVec reported higher revenues and a lower net loss through the first...

Diagnostics company reports third quarter results; bladder cancer test revenues up 87%.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Matritech, Inc., (NMPS), a developer of proteomics-based diagnostic products for the early detection of cancer, reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2003. Revenues for the...

Drug delivery company announces third quarter 2003 results.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nektar Therapeutics (NKTR), formerly Inhale Therapeutic Systems, Inc., announced its financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003. The company reported revenues of $27.4 million...

Genomics company reports loss of $0.35 per share; provides pipeline update.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Exelixis, Inc., (EXEL) reported financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2003. For the quarter ended September 30, 2003, the company reported a net loss of approximately $25.0 million,...

Immunotherapeutics company reports $7.4M in revenue.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corixa Corp. (CRXA) announced financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003. The company also announced it is restructuring its operations to focus on priority programs and...

Oncology company reports loss of $0.19 per share.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Allos Therapeutics, Inc., (ALTH) reported financial results for the third quarter of 2003. For the 3 months ended September 30, 2003, the company reported a net loss of $5.0 million, or $0.19 per...

Pharmaceutical company reports record third quarter revenues; total revenues up 24%.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (LGND) reported record net product sales for the third quarter ended September 30, 2003, of $28.1 million, compared to $16.5 million in the third quarter of 2002, an...

Broad potential reported for R1549 highlighted by favorable tolerability profile.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisoma plc, announced final results from its pilot phase II study of R1549 in gastric cancer. The trial, which has been funded since November 2002 by Antisoma's co-development partner, Roche,...

Detection of p53 mutations in precancerous gastric tissue.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Detection of p53 mutations in precancerous gastric tissue. According to a study from England, "Intestinal-type gastric cancer is preceded by gastritis and intestinal metaplasia. There is...

Rearranged cell activity enhances how RAD50 gene therapy affects angiogenesis.
December 2, 2003... 2003 DEC 2 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rearranged cell activity enhances how RAD50 gene therapy affects angiogenesis. According to published research from South Korea, "previous reports showed that human RAD50 (hRAD50) gene delivery...