Cancer Weekly articles from July 2001

Cancer Weekly archives from July 2001

Tumor Cells Spread By Technique Used To Destroy Them.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The authors of a study prepared in Spain suggest the very therapy meant to treat patients with advanced liver cancer may in fact cause cells from their...

VEGF Levels Rise In Pediatric Patients With Ewing Sarcoma.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Serum levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) tend to rise in pediatric patients with bone cancers, especially those with Ewing sarcoma, but...

Older White Women With Specific Genetic Variation Are At Increased Risk.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Variations in a gene known as transforming growth factor (beta)-1 (TGF-(beta)-1) appear to be associated with risk of breast cancer among older white women, according to an article in the June 13,...

105AD7 Vaccination Ineffective For Advanced Disease.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Patients with advanced colorectal cancer have nothing to gain from vaccination with 105AD7, an anti-idiotypic monoclonal antibody that mimics the...

Delicate Balancing Act In Tumors Often Predicts Invasion.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Researchers have revealed a critical shift in the ratio between matrix metalloproteinases and their inhibitors can indicate tumor invasion in patients with...

Study Finds No Association Between Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and HCV.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Members of a research team in France see no link between hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections and B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Based on data gathered...

Double Fludarabine Regimen Before Stem Cell Grafts Safe, Effective.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A two-cycle fludarabine-based chemotherapy regimen safely increases the antitumor potency of stem cell transplantation used to treat acute myeloid leukemia...

Combretastatin In Combination Therapy Shows Powerful Anti-Cancer Potential.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- OXiGENE (Nasdaq: OXGN; SSE: OXGN) reported that a new independent study validates the value of its vascular targeting agent Combretastatin (CA4P), as part of a two-pronged attack on malignant...

PET Scans Identify Who Will Respond To Hormone Therapy.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New research shows that positron-emission tomography (PET) scans can often identify which women with advanced breast cancer are likely to respond to hormone therapies such as tamoxifen. "Using...

CNS Cancers Killed Using Poliovirus Tumor-Killing RNA Technology.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Replicon Technologies, Inc. (RTI), a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing therapeutic applications for replicons (viral capsids containing self-amplifying RNA derived from poliovirus),...

Combining Treatments With Glycolytic Inhibitors Gets To Core Of Tumors.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - New research suggests using glycolytic inhibitors with antiangiogenic agents would enable other cancer therapies to better attack slow-growing cancer cells...

Lifesaving Treatment Often Not Administered To Elderly Patients.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The use of potentially curative chemotherapy following surgery for stage III colon cancer declines precipitously with patients' advancing age. The likelihood of a patient being offered this...

Hepatitis B Virus Major Cause Of Primary Liver Cancer In India.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Members of a research team in India say hepatitis B virus (HBV) is the major cause of hepatocellular carcinoma, or primary liver cancer, in that country....

Suicide Gene Therapy Results In Full Tumor Regression.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Herpes simplex virus (HSV) thymidine kinase gene therapy is effective in treating hepatocellular carcinoma in a rat model, researchers in South...

Children With Cancer Benefit From Flu Vaccine.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Children who are receiving or have recently received chemotherapy for cancer can benefit from influenza vaccination, according to a new report in Archives...

Ionizing Radiation Improves TRAIL Effectiveness.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The antitumor potency of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) is significantly enhanced by prior treatment with ionizing...

Low-Dose Cyclophosphamide Superior To High-Dose Regimens.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Reduced-dose cyclophosphamide regimens for stem cell mobilization in multiple myeloma (MM) patients produce similar stem cell yields with less toxicity than...

Patient-Optimized Dosing Reduces Risk Of Over/Under-Dosing.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Corixa (Nasdaq:CRXA) and GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE:GSK) announced clinical trial results that suggest that the use of Patient-Optimized(TM) dosing with Bexxar(TM) (tositumomab and iodine I-131...

Bcl-2 Gene Therapy Improves Efficacy.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Results from a study at Case Western Reserve University indicate that both antisense Bcl-2 expression and Bcl-2 overexpression increase...

Patients May Expect Better Outcomes From Surgery.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study indicates that prostate cancer patients who have their prostate removed today have a better prognosis than patients who underwent the procedure 10 years ago. "The analysis...

Spice Derivative Effective Against Malignancies In Mice.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Curcumin, an extract of the yellow spice called turmeric, is effective against human prostate cancers implanted into immune-deficient mice and may...

Acetylation Of Tumor Suppressor Gene's Protein Controls Cell Proliferation.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mutations in the retinoblastoma gene lead to the development of tumors within the eye retina in young children. Approximately one child in every 15,000 to 30,000 births in the U.S. will develop a...

Gastrin And Its Receptor Genes Activated At Earliest Stages.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists in collaboration with Aphton Corporation (Nasdaq:APHT) recently published a peer-reviewed article with the new findings that the genes for both the gastrointestinal hormone gastrin and...

Researchers Induce State In Vertebrate Model.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In February 2000, a toddler in Alberta, Canada, made headlines worldwide after she wandered outside and nearly froze to death. Although her heart stopped beating for two hours and her body...

Fungal Enzyme Slows Progression Via Antioxidant-Like Mechanism Of Action.(Brief Article)
July 3, 2001... 2001 JUL 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A paper in the June 2001 issue of Microbiology reports on a novel enzyme produced by a fungus that can mop up oxygen radicals and slow down the early stages of tumor development. We need oxygen...

Vascular Modulator May Also Be Prognostic Indicator.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A glycoprotein produced by cancer cells may play an important role in the progression of colorectal cancer, suggesting it may also function as a marker for...

Particle Embolization Reduces Blood Loss During Spinal Metastasis Surgery.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Particulate embolization of blood can aid surgeons trying to treat spinal tumors spread from kidney malignancies, researchers in Germany say. ...

Interferon Is Cause Of Retinal Disease In Patients Treated For Melanoma.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Ophthalmologists in Atlanta, Georgia, at Emory University School of Medicine have identified at least seven patients who developed retinal disease while...

Older Women At Greater Risk If They Have High Bone Density.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Investigators have found that older women with high bone-mineral density (BMD) are nearly three times as likely to develop breast cancer as are older women with low BMD, and that their tumors tend...

Side Effects Of Treatment Offer Research Direction.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a sweeping review of 25 years of research into the side effects of adjuvant treatment for breast cancer (chemotherapy and/or radiation following surgery), an Ohio State University cancer...

New Model Incorporates Biological Markers To Predict Patient Outcomes.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Medical researchers in the United Kingdom suggest there are alternatives to tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) staging for predicting outcomes in patients...

Some Lipids Regulate Production of Proangiogenic Cytokine Interleukin-8.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Bell-Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists in the U.S. have found certain lysophospholipids within the body are upwardly expressed in the abdominal fluid of females with ovarian...

Novel Agent Works With Paclitaxel In Phase I Trial.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The results of a Phase I clinical trial combining carboxyamido-triazole (CAI) with paclitaxel (PAX) warrant further investigation, researchers at the U.S....

p53 Gene Therapy May Not Apply.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - A new study suggests gene therapy that restores wild-type p53 expression in bladder tumors may not be an effective treatment. "Our previous...

Boosted Immunity Needed For Patients Who Undergo Stem Cell Transplants.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have begun two innovative stem cell transplant studies that will look at ways to bolster a patient's immune system in an effort to protect the patient from infection and make the...

Antisense Raf-1 Used In Phase I Clinical Trial.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Experimental antisense Raf-1 gene therapy was put to the test in a Phase I clinical trial by a research team in Illinois. "Raf-1 is a...

Tumor RNA Electroporation May Aid Development.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Belgium have developed a technique for efficiently transfecting malignant genetic material into immune cells, possibly enabling the...

Mechanism Of Drug Resistance Demonstrated.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A potent new cancer drug called STI-571, recently approved for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the commercial name Gleevec(TM), has had remarkable success in treating patients...

Treatment For Adult Leukemia And Lymphoma Is Feasible.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study by researchers at University Hospitals of Cleveland, Ohio, demonstrates that, in adults, umbilical-cord blood from unrelated donors is a feasible alternative source of stem cells for...

Two New Studies Support Health Benefits Of Black Tea.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from two new research studies support the health benefits of drinking black tea. The studies were presented June 16, 2001, at the first-ever Epidemiology Congress 2001, a joint meeting of...

Gene Therapy/Cisplatin Combined To Reduce Tumor Growth In Vivo.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - A new combination of antitelomerase gene therapy and the anticancer drug cisplatin for the treatment of malignant glioma was designed and...

Immunotherapy Shows Promise To Prevent Recurrence.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Promising results from a study suggest that treating head and neck cancer patients with a combination of the biologic agents retinoid, interferon, and vitamin E may lead to improved survival in...

Mini-BEAM Chemotherapy Linked To Poor Stem Cell Yields.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A chemotherapy regimen commonly used as salvage therapy for patients with Hodgkin disease and other lymphomas may result in significant impairment of stem...

VerticalNews Launch Uses NewsRx Artificial Intelligence Technology.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, has leveraged its technology platform to create a new media company, VerticalNews. VerticalNews'...

Angiogenic Factors Prevail In Wilms Tumor.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Levels of growth factors that influence tumor growth are three times higher in the cancers of young patients with Wilms tumor than in healthy controls,...

Embryonic-Like Ability Of Aggressive Cancer Cells Studied.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have discovered that a protein usually found in endothelial cells (the cells that form blood vessels) is also made by aggressive melanoma cells. The team's research shows that the...

Patients Survive Longer When Vessel Growth Is Reduced In Bone Marrow.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A comparison of patients who have received treatments for stage III multiple myeloma reveals those who are in remission have less bone marrow angiogenesis...

Anti-idiotypic Antibody Vaccine May Prolong Survival.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Women with recurrent ovarian cancer may benefit from vaccination with the murine monoclonal anti-idiotypic antibody ACA125, say researchers working in...

Weekly Blood Cell Counts May Be Unnecessary.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients undergoing radiation therapy for cancer often require less blood cell count monitoring than is typically performed, and a less-frequent monitoring...

Modified IL-18 Induces Antitumor Immunity.(Brief Article)
July 10, 2001... 2001 JUL 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - The novel cytokine interleukin (IL)-18 can stimulate systemic antitumor effects in mice with renal cell carcinoma, say researchers working in Japan. ...

Genotype For Growth Factor May Lessen Cancer Risk In Older Women.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists have identified a genotype in human genes that appears to lower the risk of breast cancer in women older than 65, according to a report by U.S....

Lack Of CD26 Expression Can Aid Diagnosis Of T-Cell Disorders.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The absence or sharp reduction of CD26 expression on the surface of T lymphocytes can help physicians and health care workers in diagnosing some forms of...

HSV-tk/GCV Inhibits Growth Of Chemically Induced Tumors In Mice.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Researchers in Japan have inhibited growth of bladder tumors in mice with suicide gene therapy. S. Akasaka and colleagues at Nippon Medical...

Vaccination With MUC1 Peptide Is Effective Against Tumors In Vitro.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Human polymorphic epithelial mucin (MUC1) shows efficacy against several MUC1-expressing tumor cell lines and may be ready for further refinement in...

Oxygen-Regulated Protein Is A New Target For The Prevention Of Tumor Angiogenesis.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - A recent study implicates oxygen-regulated protein 150 as a novel target for gene therapy in the prevention of tumor angiogenesis. In order...

Modified Immunosuppression Allows Stem Cell Grafting In Elderly Patients.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - By using postgraft immunosuppression instead of highly toxic pretransplant conditioning, researchers in the United States say that elderly patients with...

Multiphoton Laser Scanning Microscopy Offers Look Inside Cancerous Tumors.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A powerful new with high resolution, three-dimensional imaging tool is providing researchers with never-before-seen views of what goes on deep within a living tumor. Scientists at...

Major T-Cell Molecule May Influence IL-8 Role In Bone Marrow Cancer.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A major molecule on T cells that commonly modulates interleukin (IL)-2 transcription may also stimulate IL-8 production in patients with multiple myeloma....

Carboxymethyl Benzylamide Dextran Augments Tamoxifen Effectiveness.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A multinational research team has reported carboxymethyl dextran benzylamide (CMBD7), which inhibits breast cancer neovascular growth and cancer spread in...

Radiotherapy Safe, Effective After High-Dose Chemotherapy With Stem Cell Grafts.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - After high-dose chemotherapy with stem cell support, radiation therapy can effectively treat high-risk breast cancer patients with limited toxicity,...

Antisense Compound Acts Synergistically With Chemotherapy.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Genta Inc. (GNTA) announced the presentation of two scientific studies that documented the synergy between Genta's antisense compound, Genasense(TM), with drugs that are being used in ongoing,...

Thalidomide Wreaks Havoc On Multiple Myeloma Via Natural Killer Cells.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists suspect the drug thalidomide targets multiple myeloma via a mechanism that uses natural killer cells. "The antiangiogenic activity of...

Potential Cancer Therapy Is Based On A Natural Antibiotic.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Texas A&M University scientists are developing a new cancer drug based on landomycin, a natural antibiotic. In 1990, scientists showed that landomycin has anti-tumor properties, but subsequent...

Researcher Asks Senate Subcommittee For Help.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dr. John W. Holaday, EntreMed (ENMD), testified before the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services and Education on advances in research on cancers of the blood...

Radiolabeled Agent Helps Identify Prostate Cancer With Greater Accuracy.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study by doctors at New York University (NYU) School of Medicine found that it is possible to identify recurrent prostate cancer with greater precision by using the radiolabeled imaging agent...

p53/GM-CSF Therapy Stimulates Antitumor Immunity And Growth Inhibition.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Human laryngeal cancer cells transfected with adenovirus-expressing p53 and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor are growth arrested...

Case Study Reports Malignancy Dissemination After Invasive Procedures.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A report in Hepatology Research suggests percutaneous radiofrequency ablation may not be the only invasive procedure to cause cancer cells to spread in...

Restoration Of Kinase Inhibitor p14ARF Induces p53-Mediated Radiosensitivity.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Researchers in Shanghai, restored lung cancer cell line radiosensitivity with transfection of p14ARF. N. Gao and colleagues at Shanghai...

MIFAP Effective Salvage Chemotherapy Regimen.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Germany say that a chemotherapy regimen consisting of mitoxantrone, fludarabine, cytarabine and cisplatin (MIFAP), either alone or as a...

Radiolabeled Humanized CD22 Antibody Shows Promise.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Immunomedics, Inc. (IMMU) announced that early clinical trial data of CD22 antibodies for the treatment of non-Hodgkin lymphoma are encouraging. Dr. David M. Goldenberg, Immunomedics,...

Angiostatin Expression Suppresses Tumor Growth And Angiogenesis.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Vascular endothelial growth factor-independent inhibition of angiogenesis was induced in mice harboring squamous cell tumors upon gene transfer...

Angiogenic Factors Linked In Patients With Ovarian Disease.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Female patients with ovarian carcinoma or ovarian endometriomata produce more angiogenic factors than patients with other ovarian diseases do. Both...

GM-CSF, IL-6 Boost Efficacy of Autologous Tumor Cell Vaccine.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Mice with established renal cell carcinoma (Renca) tumors achieved complete remission after immunization with an autologous Renca vaccine genetically...

Photodynamic Therapy With Verteporfin Effective Against Sarcoma.(Brief Article)
July 24, 2001... 2001 JUL 24 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A therapy that has produced positive results in patients with age-related macular degeneration might also benefit patients with cancer some day. ...