Cancer Weekly articles from May 2001

Cancer Weekly archives from May 2001

Individualized Program Can Help Patients Talk To Their Doctor, Set Pain-Control Goals.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patients who received coaching in how to talk to their doctors about pain experienced 20% less discomfort in subsequent weeks, according to a University of California, Davis, study published...

Combination Therapy Inhibits Angiogenesis and Cell Proliferation In Tumors.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - A combination of 13-cis retinoic acid and phenylbutyrate inhibits angiogenesis and cell proliferation in prostate cancer tumors. While...

Step-By-Step Approach May Reduce Need For Surgery In Patients With Advanced Disease.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Standard treatment for advanced bladder cancer is surgery to remove the bladder, the lymph nodes, and surrounding cancerous tissue. This is a complicated and life-altering surgery known as a radical...

Antisense Treatment Promising for Deadly Tumors.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Jefferson Medical College are reporting some success using antisense therapy to treat patients with usually fatal brain tumors. The majority of patients treated to date have had...

Antisense Amyloid Beta Protein Precursor Suppresses Tumor Growth.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers at Miyazaki Medical College in Japan report that the proliferative potential and colony-forming efficiency of human colon carcinoma cell...

Interferon Therapy Does Not Inhibit GMK Vaccine Effectiveness.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Giving high-dose interferon therapy with the GM2-KLH/QS-21 (GMK) vaccine does not inhibit immune response and appears to prolong relapse-free survival in...

Neoplasia Is More Common In Black Men And May Result In Increased PSA.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) is more common in black men than in white men and may result in an increased concentration of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), according to an...

Miscommunication Between Protein And Attachment Signal Can Induce Cancer-Cell Growth.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Normal cells need two signals in order to divide: a growth factor protein, and an indication that the cells are attached to the "correct" surface. Researchers have now discovered how these two...

Childhood Irradiation May Decrease Risk of Sex Hormone-Related Cancers.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A follow-up study of nearly 3,000 patients treated at a hearing clinic from 1943-1960 revealed a possible association between irradiation and a lower...

Replication-Competent Adenovirus Vector Suppresses Tumors With Specificity.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers at St. Louis University in Missouri suppressed tumor cell growth in vivo and in vitro using a replication-competent adenovirus vector. ...

Green Tea Ingredient May Stop Growth and Spread Of Tumors.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Laboratory experiments performed in Italy indicate an active ingredient in green tea may prevent the growth and spread of tumor cells. These findings...

Experimental Therapy Improves Mitomycin C Efficacy, But Blacks Don't Benefit.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have found a relatively simple way to dramatically improve the cancer-killing capacity of a drug often used to treat superficial bladder cancer. The changes nearly doubled the...

Nitrate In Drinking Water Increases Risk.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Nitrate in drinking water is associated with an increased risk for bladder cancer, according to a University of Iowa (UI) study that looked at cancer incidence among nearly 22,000 Iowa women. ...

Core Needle Biopsies Can Reduce Unnecessary Surgical Breast Biopsies.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unnecessary surgical breast biopsies can be dramatically reduced if women with abnormal mammograms undergo core needle biopsies first, a new study shows. Core needle biopsies - which don't scar...

Double Reading Mammograms: What is the Benefit? What are the Charges?(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Double reading of mammograms increases breast cancer detection rates by nearly 8%. Biopsy, surgical, and pathology charges to confirm diagnosis of those cancers is about $10,000 per cancer detected,...

EBV Antigen Interacts With Metastatic Suppressor Protein.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers at the University of Michigan report that the essential latent antigen EBNA-3C from Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) interacts directly with the...

Antisense uPAR Expression Suppresses Tumor Metastasis.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers at the Australian National University in Canberra report that antisense urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (uPAR) expression in...

Home Chemotherapy Is A Viable Alternative To Hospital Treatment.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Home chemotherapy is a safe and acceptable alternative to hospital treatment for patients with colorectal cancer that may improve compliance with treatment, according to a study from Spain. Of...

Immunization With GA733 Antigen Induces Immunity In Cancer Patients.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Patients with pancreatic and colorectal cancer show enhanced immune response after immunization with the GA733 antigen, Wistar Institute researchers report....

Survey Suggests Use of Alternative Cancer Therapies Is Prevalent Worldwide.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The reliance of cancer patients on alternative therapies to treat their disease is quite widespread worldwide, according to a recent survey conducted by the International Union Against Cancer...

Implanted Mirrors Could Signal When Cancer Recurs.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mirrors could soon reflect the health of cancer patients, according to a report in the April 14, 2001, issue of New Scientist. Instead of running regular blood tests to see if a tumor is growing...

Continuous Infusion of Paclitaxel Well Tolerated With Radiation.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Patients with locally advanced squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN) are able to tolerate concurrent radiation therapy and paclitaxel infusion,...

Published Studies Should Define Vascularity.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Scientists should define the methods they use to measure tumor vascularity in their published reports, a new study recommends. Catherine M.L. West and...

NewsRx.net Is Preferred Site for Cancer, Malaria, AIDS, Other Health Searches, Audience Measurement Shows.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx Network, Atlanta, Georgia, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, announced on April 17, 2001, the results of audience measurements based on its...

Downregulation Of TGF-beta RII Is An Early Signal Of Carcinogenesis.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, staff medical writer - Researchers at the University of Florence in Italy found that transforming growth factor beta type II receptor (TGF-beta RII) expression is...

Coated Tegafur/Uracil Improves Survival in Inoperable Cases.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Although patients with unresectable stage IV-A liver cancers have a poor prognosis, new research indicates enteric-coated tegafur/uracil could extend...

Chemo Plus Radiation No Better Than Radiation Alone.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus radiotherapy for the treatment of locally advanced nasopharyngeal cancer offers no advantage over radiotherapy alone,...

High-Potency Vaccine Enter Trials In Those Who Failed Hormone Therapy.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) announced April 17, 2001, that it has initiated the first in a series of clinical trials of a high potency version of GVAX(R) prostate cancer vaccine following encouraging...

Researchers Develop New Approach To Predicting Outcome After Radical Prostatectomy.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prostatectomy patients who might benefit from adjuvant therapeutic strategies now can be identified more easily and treated more successfully, according to an study published in the April 15, 2001,...

Serum Endostatin Levels May Be Biomarker For Tumor Aggressiveness.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, staff medical writer - Compared to healthy patients, individuals with sarcoma have higher levels of circulating endostatin in their serum. This finding suggests endostatin...

Merlin Tells Cells When To Grow And When To Stop.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An international team of scientists has discovered how the tumor suppressor, merlin, functions. Mutations in merlin cause neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a common inherited disorder that...

Liposomal Agent Successfully Carries Therapeutic Genes To Tumors.(Brief Article)
May 8, 2001... 2001 MAY 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. (INGN) announced April 17, 2001, the publication of a preclinical study in the April 2001 issue of Molecular Therapy indicating that a liposomal vector can successfully...

Quality Of Immune Response To Dendritic Cell Vaccine Tied To Route Of Administration.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Immune response of prostate cancer patients receiving a dendritic cell (DC) vaccine varies depending on how the vaccine is delivered, pathologists report....

Report Outlines Recommendations To Ensure Quality Cancer Care.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - "For many Americans with cancer, there is a wide gulf between what might be considered the ideal treatment and the reality of their experience with...

Combretastatin A4P Inhibits Microvascular Changes In Metastatic Livers.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The results of a new study suggest the prodrug combretastatin A4P is useful for managing liver metastases in a murine model of colorectal cancer. ...

Parotid-Sparing Radiotherapy Improves Salivary Function, Quality Of Life.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - The mean dose of radiation delivered to each parotid gland in treatment for head and neck cancer is inversely proportional to later salivary function, say...

New Mouse Model's Cells Cause Oncogene To Switch On Spontaneously.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have genetically engineered cancer-prone mice that carry cells that switch on a cancer-causing gene spontaneously, generating lung and other cancers much like humans do. The...

Scientists Seek Cure For Vaccine- And Asbestos-Linked Mesothelioma.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For years, doctors were certain that an exceptionally lethal cancer of the lungs' lining was caused only by exposure to asbestos. But in 1994, a researcher at the U.S. National Institutes of...

TNP-470 Prevents Growth In Murine Model.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A growing body of evidence supports the premise that TNP-470 is a potent angiogenesis inhibitor in tumors. Researchers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have...

High-Risk Patients Can Benefit From Unmatched Bone Marrow Grafts.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients with high-risk genetic factors have a low relapse risk after receiving bone marrow grafts from unmatched donors...

DNA Repair Blocker Can Enhance Cytarabine Potency.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Aphidicolin, a drug that blocks the process of DNA repair, can safely increase the effectiveness of cytarabine in fighting acute myeloid leukemia (AML)...

Boosting The Immune System May Help Fight Pediatric Cancer.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Johns Hopkins University pediatric oncology director Robert Arceci, MD, PhD, will lead efforts to find a way to keep the body's cancer-fighting immune cells awake and responsive to tumor cells in...

Patients With Rare Pediatric Kidney Tumor Respond To Chemotherapy.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Oncology Center, Maryland, and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Tennessee, have found that chemotherapy is an effective treatment for a rare pediatric benign...

Sonography Useful In Evaluating Vagus Nerve Masses.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Employing sonography to recognize the appearance of healthy and abnormal cervical vagus nerve can aid in the diagnosis of neck masses, according to a...

Vascular Remodeling Factor Angiopoietin-1 Modulates Tumor Angiogenesis.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new study reports angiopoietin-1 regulates angiogenesis mechanisms in glioblastomas. Several studies have shown the endothelial cell-specific...

Researchers Combine Two Novel Methods To Improve Success Of Radiation Treatment.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Researchers at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, combined two novel techniques of assessing locally advanced tumors in order to...

Response To Pretreatment Chemotherapy Predicts Overall Survival.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Patients with advanced head and neck cancer benefit from pretreatment with carboplatin and paclitaxel, study results indicate. Response to initial...

Chemokine Expression Heightened During Onset.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Lymph node cells display a pronounced increase in chemokine and chemokine receptor expression during the early stages of Hodgkin's disease (HD),...

American Cancer Society Endorses Hepatitis B 'Catch-up' Immunization for Children.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Citing hepatitis B virus infection (HBV) as the most significant risk factor for later development of liver cancer, the American Cancer Society has endorsed greater efforts to foster immunization...

Specific Transient Gene Transfer Achieved With Regional Organ Perfusion.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Researchers at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City achieved specific transient transfer of herpes simplex virus carrying...

Metalloproteinase Blockers Mediate Negative Cytokine Effects.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Maryland have shown that tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMPs) mediate the tumor-protecting effects of interleukin (IL)-10 in...

Gene Discovered That Is Widely Expressed In Several Prevalent Cancers.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Dendreon Corporation (DNDN) reported in the May 2001 edition of Cancer Research their discovery of a gene widely expressed in a variety of prevalent cancers but not significantly...

Anti-Angiogenesis Agent To Be Tested With Chemotherapy.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center's Puget Sound Oncology Consortium will lead a Phase II ovarian cancer clinical trial in the U.S. evaluating the safety and...

E1B Deleted Adenovirus Infection Inhibits Tumor Growth In Vivo.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Deborah W. Heinrich, PhD, staff medical writer - Researchers at Beatson Laboratory in Scotland demonstrated that infection with an E1B 55kDa deleted adenovirus (ONYX-015) inhibited tumor growth...

Tumor Cells Practice Vascular Mimicry In Metastatic Disease.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists report in the American Journal of Pathology that aggressive tumor cells mimic angiogenesis in higher-grade ovarian cancers. These cells,...

Immune System Helps Prevent Tumors After All, Study Finds.(Brief Article)
May 15, 2001... 2001 MAY 15 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have obtained the first conclusive evidence that the immune system helps prevent tumor formation. They discovered that white blood cells called lymphocytes and a protein produced...

Cancer Vaccine May Help Patients With Metastasis To The Lungs.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A custom-made vaccine created from a patient's own cancer tumor cells appears effective in prolonging the survival of patients with malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of the skin cancer, that...

Serious Infections Can Inhibit Development Of Tumor-Nourishing Blood Vessels.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serious infections can retard and even halt the growth of tumors in mammals by blocking the formation of blood vessels that nourish those tumors, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania's...

Therapeutic Vaccine Prolongs Survival Time For Patients With Metastatic Disease.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Demonstrating new success in cancer immunotherapy, researchers reported that they have increased the survival time of cancer patients using novel therapeutic vaccines. Data show, for the first...

Monoclonal Antibody Targets Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor In Advanced-Stage Disease.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new drug for the treatment of advanced-stage colorectal cancer can shrink tumors in some patients who have developed resistance to other chemotherapy agents. The results of the study of...

Laser Hyperthermia Benefits Some Patients.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Laser therapy is somewhat effective for treating patients with certain size primary liver tumors, according to the authors of an Australian study. ...

New Treatment Option For Inoperable Cancer Delivers Radiation Via Tiny Beads.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer specialists from the University of Maryland Greenebaum Cancer Center report that early results of a new treatment for inoperable liver cancer, known as TheraSphere, are promising. They...

Cytogenetics Affects Prognostic Value Of Bcl Expression.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Bcl gene expression can provide valuable information for optimizing acute myeloid leukemia (AML) treatment, but this prognostic value often depends on...

Antibody Therapy Kills Cancer Cells In Culture.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study published in the May 2001 online version of the International Journal of Cancer, scientists from the Free University Medical Center, Amsterdam, showed that humanized HMFG1, a novel...

Ductal Lavage Detects Atypical Cells In 23% Of High-Risk Women.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Atypical cells were detected in 23% of women at high risk of developing breast cancer, according to updated results of a large-scale clinical trial, presented at the American College of...

Globo H Vaccine Stimulates Tumor-Specific Immunoglobulin M Response.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - A vaccine that includes the carbohydrate antigen globo H stimulates immune reactivity in patients with metastatic breast cancer. Globo H was a likely...

New Data Suggest Novartis Drug Effective In Rare Form of Gastrointestinal Tumor.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Novartis Oncology's signal transduction inhibitor, Gleevec(TM) (imatinib mesylate; formerly STI571), was highlighted during the key plenary session of the 37th annual meeting of the American...

Ultrasonic Microprobe May Detect, Identify Cancer Rapidly.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgical biopsies can be painful, and waiting for lab results unnerving. New ultrasonic sensor technology being developed at the University of Illinois may permit the rapid and accurate detection...

AIDS Immunosuppression Can Increase Cancer Risk.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Immune system degradation caused by AIDS increases the risk of some forms of cancer, say researchers. M. Frisch and colleagues at the Statens Serum...

NewsRx Network Chosen As Source For 'Information Therapy'.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx Network, Atlanta, Georgia, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, now is a major source for "information therapy." NewsRx databases are derived...

DCs Loaded With Apoptotic Leukemia Cells Successfully Immunize Mice.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by N.R. Saltmarsh, staff medical writer - Dendritic cells (DCs) stimulated in vitro with bone-marrow-derived leukemia cells can protect mice from leukemia, according to a report in Cancer Research....

Treatments Have Long-Term Effects On Immune System.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Pediatric leukemia treatments can cause long-term immune system impairment, researchers in Iceland warn, adding, however, that the impact of this...

Cell Genesys Reports Antitumor Activity In Phase I/II GVAX Vaccine Trial.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc. (CEGE) reported interim clinical data from its multicenter Phase I/II GVAX(R) lung cancer vaccine trial that demonstrate objective evidence of antitumor activity including a...

All-Trans Retinoic Acid Can Aid Stem Cell Purging.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Australia say that all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), used to treat some forms of leukemia, may also be able to neutralize malignant cells in...

Bendamustine Not Effective In Some Combinations.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Although bendamustine can be effective as monotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL), it does not combine well with several other commonly used anticancer...

NCI-Sponsored Clinical Trial Tests Shark Cartilage Extract.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. National Cancer Institute (NCI) has launched a large, randomized clinical trial to test the effects of shark cartilage in combination with chemotherapy and radiotherapy in patients with...

Understanding The Late Effects Of Childhood Cancer: A "Mind-Body Approach".(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Today, three out of four children diagnosed with cancer are cured, compared to just one in four in 1975. Yet the conquest of the disease can be a "mixed victory" because the radiation,...

Docetaxel/Estramustine Phosphate Effective In Phase II Trials.(Brief Article)
May 22, 2001... 2001 MAY 22 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The chemotherapy combination of docetaxel (Taxotere((R)) and estramustine phosphate (Emcyt(R)) plus low-dose hydrocortisone appears to be a promising treatment for men with an advanced form of...