Cancer Weekly articles from January 2000

Cancer Weekly archives from January 2000

PEI/DNA Complex Good Delivery Vehicle.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) Polyethyleneimine (PEI)/DNA complexes make good encapsulation agents for the delivery of intercalating drugs to cancer cells, suggest researchers from Texas. C.A. Nichol and colleagues from the University of Texas...

Study Identifies New Inhibitor of Tumor Angiogenesis and Growth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- A research team based at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) has shown that a natural factor called thrombospondin-2 (TSP-2) inhibits the development of certain tumors in a mouse model by preventing the...

Thrombospondin-2 Slows Skin Cancer Tumor Growth in Mice.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers said on December 20, 1999, they had found another possible target for a new class of cancer drugs that help fight a tumor by choking off its blood supply. The team, at Massachusetts General Hospital...

Antisense ODNs Target RI(alpha) Subunit Protein Kinase A.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) Oral administration of a mixed-backbone antisense oligonucleotide (ODN) targeted to the RI(alpha) subunit of protein kinase A has antitumor activity. Research has demonstrated the overexpression of the RI(alpha)...

Phase I Trial Evaluates IL-2 Gene Transfer in Cancer Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- A Phase I clinical study applying autologous immunological effector cells transfected with the interleukin-2 (IL-2) gene in patients with metastatic renal cancer, colorectal cancer and lymphoma shows that the...

Castration May Help Some Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Men with spreading prostate cancer are five times more likely to survive if they undergo castration - either chemically or surgically - immediately after the prostate is removed, a study found. That is a...

Many Prostate Cancer Patients Use Alternative Medicine.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- A recent study, published in the December 15, 1999, issue of Cancer, reveals that the use of alternative medicine by prostate carcinoma patients to complement conventional therapy is quite widespread. The...

Scientists Nab Suspects in Prostate Cancer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Doctors don't enjoy prostate exams any more than patients do, but they perform them for two good reasons. First, prostate cancer kills 40,000 American men annually, and second, blood tests for the disease are...

Animal Model Proves Value of Adjunctive Immunotherapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) A valuable murine prostate cancer model demonstrated the effectiveness of adjunctive cytotoxic T lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 (CTLA-4) blockade immunotherapy after primary prostate tumor resection. Adjuvant...

Optimized Vectors Improve Folate Receptor-Mediated Gene Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Optimized folate-conjugated liposomal vectors improve transfection efficiency and target cell specificity, report researchers from the United States. "A folate-targeted transfection complex that is internalized...

Avoiding Vitamins A, E Might Improve Cancer Therapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vitamins A and E, which normally boost human health in numerous ways, also appear to keep cancer cells from dying through the natural protective process of apoptosis, new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill...

Liposome Technology Shows Promise in Dendritic Cell Therapy for Cancer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Data on laboratory maturation of dendritic cells using the liposomal encapsulated MUC1 produced by Biomira, Inc., were presented at the American Association of Blood Banks Meeting held in San Francisco, California,...

'Cell Junctions' Respond to Environmental Signals.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cells have developed a variety of mechanisms for coupling themselves to their neighbors and to their surrounding extracellular world. These so-called "cell junctions" are made from many different types of proteins...

Renal Failure after Chemo Possible For HCC Patients.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Chemotherapy administered via transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) to patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can cause renal failure in some patients, report researchers from Korea. "TACE is the...

Tips for Handling VNP20009 Presented at Conference.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers from Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Connecticut, suggest that VNP20009 be administered within 3 hours of preparation to preserve its stability and anti-tumor efficacy. VNP20009 is a live genetically...

Cyclosporine Associated with Increased Cancer Incidence.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Renal transplant patients undergoing immunosuppressive therapy with cyclosporine are at an increased risk of developing cancer. "Decreased DNA repair ability is associated with increased cancer incidence,"...

Thalidomide Shows Antitumor Activity.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Thalidomide has antitumor activity in patients with metastatic androgen-independent prostate cancer, according to a recent report. Thalidomide has been reported to inhibit angiogenesis, as demonstrated in...

Hematotoxicity Predictions Not Always Accurate.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Current methods of prediction of bone marrow radiation absorbed dose (RAD) in non-Hodgkin's B cell lymphoma (NHL) patients undergoing radioimmunotherapy (RAIT) may not correlate with actual marrow radiation...

Collaboration Announced on Anti-Tumor Vascular Agents.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company and OXiGENE, Inc. announced an exclusive licensing agreement and research collaboration to develop and commercialize combretastatin anti-tumor vascular targeting agents. ...

Society Comments on Private Insurers' Coverage Plans.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- The following is a statement of the American Cancer Society: [helv] "As the nation's leading voluntary health agency and advocate for the cancer community, the American Cancer Society applauds [the December...

Clinical Studies for Breast Cancer and Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Reported.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Celsion Corporation announced that initial patients have been treated in both the Phase I clinical studies for its breast cancer treatment system and its expanded Phase I clinical studies for its benign prostatic...

Platinum-Based Anti-Cancer Drug Begins Phase II Single Agent Clinical Trial.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- AnorMED Inc. announced that the platinum-based anti-cancer drug ZD0473, licensed to AstraZeneca PLC, has entered Phase II clinical trials. ZD0473 is a new generation platinum agent designed to deliver an...

Novel Universal Cloning Technology Released.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- Life Technologies, Inc., announced release of a novel universal cloning technology in response to the growing need engendered by the genomics revolution for faster, more efficient ways to clone and express DNA...

National Cancer Institute Publishes New Atlas of Cancer Mortality.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- The US National Cancer Institute (NCI) has published a new atlas, the Atlas of Cancer Mortality in the United States, 1950-94, showing the geographic patterns of cancer death rates in more than 3,000 counties...

Kidney Cancers Gone After Cryosurgeries.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- No cancer has returned in any of the patients who underwent the world's first renal cryosurgeries using a new interventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) at the University of Mississippi Medical Center,...

Thyroid Risk Near Nuclear Plant Studied.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 11, 2000... 2000 JAN 11 - (NewsRx.com) -- A U.S. federal review panel says a controversial study overstated its conclusion that there was no increased risk for thyroid disease among people living downwind from the Hanford, Washington, nuclear reservation....

Diet Can Effect Drug Resistance in Cancer Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) Dietary constituents such as flavonoids and organic isothiocyanates can modulate P-glycoprotein (P-gp) activity in human breast cancer cells, announced researchers from the United States. W. Shi and colleagues...

Mechanisms of Chromosome Missegregation in Cancer Cells Illustrated.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, have provided the first graphic illustration of mechanisms by which chromosomes are distributed unevenly during cancer cell division. These results...

No Change in Zidovudine Dosage Required during Chemotherapy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- It does not appear necessary to change the zidovudine dosage in HIV infected patients during chemotherapy, recent study findings suggest. G. Toffoli and colleagues evaluated the perturbations in zidovudine...

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Levels Predict Outcome.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cellular vascular endothelial growth factor level is an independent predictor of outcome in some patients with acute myeloid leukemia, according to researchers in the United States. Vascular endothelial growth...

Different Angiogenesis Pattern in Sarcomas and Carcinomas.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Sarcomas and carcinomas display different angiogenesis patterns, which may be due to the presence of fibroblasts and myofibroblasts in carcinomas, researchers suggested. Solid tumors depend on angiogenesis for...

Thrombospondin-2 Is Potent Inhibitor of Angiogenesis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- Thrombospondin-2 is a potent endogenous inhibitor of tumor growth and angiogenesis in vivo, according to a recent report. Thrombospondin-2 (TSP-2) is highly expressed in...

Immunosuppression Is Main Cause of Malignant Neoplasms.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- Immunosuppression is the primary cause of malignant neoplasms in patients who receive bone marrow transplantation, according to a research group in Europe. Bone marrow...

p53 Gene Transfer Enhances Radiosensitivity of Cancer Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Adenovirus-mediated p53 gene transfer enhances radiosensitivity of malignant glioma cells, suggests research from the United States. "The goal of this study was to determine whether adenoviral vector-mediated...

Costimulatory Integrin Ligands Stimulate Anti-Tumor Immunity.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) The expression of large numbers of different costimulatory integrin ligands (CILs) provides dendritic cells (DC) with the ability to induce primary antitumor immune responses, report researchers from New Zealand. ...

Patient-Collected Tissue Samples May Offer Effective Option to Pap Smear.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Self-collected tissue samples used to detect the presence of human papillomavirus (HPV) may offer an effective alternative to Papanicolaou smear tests (Pap smears), according to an article in the January 5, 2000,...

Escalating-Dose Regimen Has Less Graft-Versus-Host Disease.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- The administration of donor lymphocytes in an escalating dose regimen rather than a single large dose was associated with low incidence of graft-versus-host disease, according to a...

Combined Therapies Increase Life Expectancy in Patients With Metastatic Cancer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new treatment approach combining traditional chemotherapy with medication delivered through a surgically implanted pump has been found to increase life expectancy in patients with advanced colorectal cancer that...

Genomic Chaos and Cellular Evolution Lead to Colorectal Cancer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Cellular evolution, at a vastly accelerated rate and guided by natural selection, transforms normal cells into malignant cells. Results of new research on colorectal cancer tumors and premalignant polyps published...

New Technique for Identifying Colorectal Cancer Recurrence.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- There is as yet no established method of accurately identifying patients with colorectal cancer who will have recurrence of the disease despite apparently curative surgery. Patients at risk of cancer recurrence...

Hypoxia and Acidosis Indirectly Affect Tumor Angiogenesis.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Hypoxia and acidosis are involved in the overexpression of interleukin 8 (IL-8), which plays a key role in tumor angiogenesis in human pancreatic cancer. Q. Shi and colleagues determined the role and regulation...

Study Champions the Necessity for Cancer Professionals to Address Patients' Unmet Needs.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Although a majority of cancer patients report being satisfied with the clinical aspects of their care, many indicate that they are less satisfied with the support care they receive. Cancer patients report high...

Cytoreductive Surgery Impacts Immunotherapy Response.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- The timing of cytoreductive surgery impacts the effectiveness of immunotherapy in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, suggests recent research from Japan. "The prognosis of metastatic renal...

Link Found Between Vitamins and Cell Death.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- A Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pennsylvania, professor and one of his students have contributed to research on the use of vitamins C and K3 to help destroy cancer cells. Jacques Gilloteaux, DSc,...

Molecular Genetic Strategies Target Cancer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Research into genetic strategies for tumor eradication are exploring the regulation of tumor and molecular immunology, report researchers from the United States. Gary J. Nable presented updated data regarding...

IL-12 and IL-18 Augment T-Cell Activation In Vitro.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Gene transfer of colorectal cancer cells with B7.1 and 4-1-BB-ligand causes T-cell proliferation which can be augmented by the combined addition of interleukin-12 and IL-18, reported researchers from Germany. ...

Fluorescence Bronchoscopic Surveillance Detects Early Recurrence.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Fluorescence bronchoscopic surveillance can detect second primaries in post resection non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients at an earlier stage when they may still be amenable to less morbid treatment, report...

Radioimmunoguided Prostate Brachytherapy Fine Tuned.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Radioimmunoguided prostate brachytherapy helps fine tune delivery of implanted radiation seeds, reported researchers from the United States. R.J. Ellis and colleagues from Cleveland, Ohio, developed a...

Inhibitor Enters New Phase I/II Clinical Trials.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Merck KGaA announced that its Angiogenesis Inhibitor EMD 121974, one of the innovative biotherapeutics in the company's Oncology portfolio, has entered into new Phase I and II clinical trials. In the United...

Imaging Tool Helps Surgeons Treat Tumors Deep Within Brain.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- Doctors at the University of Maryland Medical Center are using a powerful new imaging tool that enables them to perform difficult brain and sinus surgeries with more safety and precision. The Medical Center...

Cooperation, Not Competition, To Usher in New Era of Federally Funded Cancer Research.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 18, 2000... 2000 JAN 18 - (NewsRx.com) -- In the new millennium, cooperation rather than keen-eyed competition may signal a new era of federally funded research for the top scientists in the United States who develop and study mouse models of cancer. ...

Autologous Vaccine Is Therapeutic In Tumor Model.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- An autologous cancer vaccine improved survival in a murine model of metastatic colorectal cancer, reported researchers from the United States. "In preclinical studies, tumor cells genetically altered to...

Postoperative Adjuvant Adoptive Immunotherapy not Effective.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Postoperative adjuvant adoptive immunotherapy with lymph node-LAK cells and IL-2 for pathologic stage I non-small cell lung cancer did not effect the course of residual disease, researchers from Japan reported. ...

Increased Dendritic Cells Increase Vaccine Efficacy.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Procedures which increase the number of circulating dendritic cells (DCs) improve the efficacy of cancer vaccines, researchers from the United States reported. "DCs initiate primary and stimulate secondary...

HCV NS4B Linked to Liver Cancer.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- A Korean study offers further evidence that hepatitis C virus NS4B protein is associated with the development of hepatocellular carcinoma. Although the mechanism of carcinogenesis by hepatitis C virus (HCV) is...

VEGF-C Has Selective Binding to Lymphatic Vascular Receptor.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- by Cathy Clark, Senior Editor -- Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and the related VEGF-C have both overlapping and distinct activities by way of their endothelial receptors, according to researchers in...

Farnesyl Transferase Inhibitors Show Anti-Tumorigenic Properties.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Farnesyl transferase inhibitors may be effective in treating malignant human astrocytoma cells, according to researchers working in Canada. Although 25% of human cancers harbor oncogenic Ras mutations, such...

Chemokines Appear to Control Local Melanoma Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Two chemokines may be essential for the control of local melanoma tumor growth, according to a report from Germany. Human malignant melanoma (MM) is a highly aggressive tumor that is particularly prone to...

Variant of CD30 Frequently Expressed in Human Malignant Neoplasms.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Expression of a variant of CD30 in human neoplastic cells may play a pathological role in the growth and differentiation of myeloid and lymphoid cells. Previously, R. Horie and colleagues identified a variant...

TGF(beta) May Both Help and Hinder Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Transforming growth factor-(beta)s (TGF(beta)s) can affect breast cancer pathogenesis and treatment in both positive and negative manners, suggested research from the United Kingdom. E. Anderson presented data...

Bone Marrow Cells Influence Gene Therapy Results.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Bone marrow derived cells play an important role in the body's response to suicide or combination suicide/cytokine gene therapy, suggest researchers from England. "Using a Balb/C syngeneic model of colorectal...

Antigen-Targeted Therapy Uses scFv Fusion Proteins.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Tumor cell targeting of immune effector molecules can be accomplished with tumor associated antigen specific single chain antibody (scFv) fusion proteins, reported researchers from England. "Expression of the...

Cytokine Gene Transfer Attacks Melanoma Cells.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- A DNA vaccine encoding interleukin-12 (IL-12) has an anti-metastatic effect against malignant melanoma, reported researchers from Switzerland. K. Moelling and colleagues from the University of Zurich,...

Angiogenesis Inhibitor SU5416 Reduces Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- The angiogenesis inhibitor SU5416 controlled tumor growth in angiogenesis-dependent neuroblastoma tumors, according to researchers in Sweden. Angiogenesis, the formation of new blood vessels, is a prerequisite...

Dendritic Cells Are Attractive Gene Delivery Vehicles.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Immature dendritic cells (DCs) can be used as a tool for gene therapy of diseases, report researchers from England. "Immature DCs are well known as potent antigen presenting cells (APCs) and are thus excellent...

Investigational New Drug Application Submitted for Oncology Indication.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc, (TKT) announced the completion of dosing for the pivotal Phase III clinical trials of Gene-Activated erythropoietin (GA-EPO) in the United States and United Kingdom by its partner,...

Small Cell Lung Cancer Study Begins for G3139.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Genta Incorporated announced that the US National Cancer Institute (NCI) commenced a Phase 1-2 study of Genta's lead anticancer compound, G3139. The study will use G3139 in combination with paclitaxel...

Controversy: Do Mammograms Save Lives?(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- A new analysis of old studies has sparked a debate over whether using mammograms to screen women for breast cancer saves lives. After examining 8 published studies on the effectiveness of screening, a team of...

Elderly Left Out of Cancer Studies.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- The number of women and blacks in cancer studies has grown substantially, but elderly people are still underrepresented, a review found. Federal rules in the late 1980s and early 1990s required that the number...

First Internet-Based Cervical Cancer Public Education Campaign Launched.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- In recognition of Cervical Cancer Month, the National Cervical Cancer Public Education Campaign (NCCPEC) launched the first online cervical cancer public education effort with a goal of reaching 5 million women in...

Prostate Cancer Patients Get Second Chance with Cryosurgery.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Endocare, Inc., announced on January 6, 2000, the results of a clinical study published in the journal Urology indicating that the same treatment is also effective for patients whose cancer has recurred after...

First Randomized Trial of a Colon Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Using a patient's own tumor cells to produce immunity against further cancer growth may offer longer life to some patients, researchers have found in the first randomized multi-center test of immunotherapy in colon...

Study Backs Treatment.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Pumping chemotherapy drugs directly into the liver's blood supply can improve the odds of survival in patients with advanced colon cancer. About 129,000 Americans are diagnosed with colon cancer each year, and...

AstraZeneca Executes Option Agreement for Cancer Technology.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Vion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and EPTTCO Limited announced completion of an option agreement with AstraZeneca to collaborate on the evaluation of novel anticancer therapies jointly under current development by Vion...

Positive Preclinical Trial Results Reported for Topical Gel Treatment.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
January 25, 2000... 2000 JAN 25 - (NewsRx.com) -- Maxim Pharmaceuticals announced results of 2 preclinical studies of the company's topical gel in the treatment of oral mucositis. Both randomized studies demonstrated significant reductions in the duration and...