Cancer Weekly articles from May 2002

Cancer Weekly archives from May 2002

Contrast MRI suitable for examining thrombosis-riddled tumors.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Tumors in which vessels have been clogged by induced clots can be suitably viewed with contrast-enhanced MRI although changes recorded by those images won't...

Low concentrations of chemo drugs reduce tumor size, have antiangiogenic effects.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New studies in mice indicate low doses of chemotherapy drugs given more frequently than usual and in tinier doses may target the angiogenesis feeding tumor growth. According to Adam Dicker, MD,...

Inducible construct overrides cellular attempts at survival.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new construct developed by researchers in the U.S. could offer yet another option for angiogenesis inhibition in malignancies. The novel construct is...

A combination of targeted therapies may be needed.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center have found that a potent new drug inhibits the growth of prostate cancer in mice early in the treatment process, but can stop working after several courses of...

Human herpesvirus 8 strongly affects endothelial cell gene expression.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The virus thought to be responsible for a number of AIDS-related cancers has a profound effect on gene expression by dermal microvascular endothelial cells...

Cell Genesys reports positive preclinical studies of oncolytic virus therapy.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cell Genesys, Inc., (CEGE) reported encouraging data from preclinical studies evaluating CG8840, a proprietary oncolytic virus therapy for bladder cancer. Significant antitumor activity was...

Medicare allowing more biopsy options.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medicare beneficiaries will have more options to having breast cancer diagnosed under expanded coverage announced by the U.S. government. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said it will...

Nitric oxide donors, cGMP mimetics inhibit tumor cell metastasis.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cellegy Pharmaceuticals, Inc., (CLGY) announced positive study results on the involvement of nitric oxide (NO) and cGMP (cyclic guanosine monophosphate) mimetics in attenuating the metastasis of cancer...

Celgene offers promising preclinical data on two cytokine inhibitors.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Celgene Corp. (CELG) scientists presented data at the 93rd annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research from preclinical studies of IMiDs (Immunomodulatory Drugs) and SelCIDs...

Oncophage yields promising immunological results in melanoma and colorectal cancer trials.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antigenics, Inc., (AGEN) announced interim results from phase II trials evaluating Oncophage (HSPPC-96), the company's personalized cancer vaccine, in the treatment of both advanced melanoma and...

Preclinical findings show Endostatin inhibits B16 melanoma metastases to the liver.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EntreMed, Inc., (ENMD) a biopharmaceutical leader in angiogenic research and product development, released new preclinical findings at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting...

Three-way drug kills cancer cells from the inside.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- By combining a chemotherapy drug with a sugar that normally helps cancer move through the human body, University of Utah researchers have developed a new medication to track down, invade and destroy...

St. John's wort weakens cancer drug.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- St. John's wort appears to interfere powerfully with a common cancer drug and can reduce its punch for weeks after people stop taking the herbal supplement, a study shows. St. John's wort is often...

Oncogene expression heightens vulnerability to cytotoxicity.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Surprisingly, researchers in Europe have found that heightened expression of a key oncogene by some leukemic cells may make them more susceptible to cytotoxic...

Aspirin lowers risk.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A daily baby aspirin modestly reduces the risk of colon cancer by preventing the growth of ominous polyps, according to a major study released April 7, 2002. Based on a variety of indirect evidence,...

Study of Chinese men finds antioxidants in tea might offer protective effects.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- People who drink tea may be doing more than soothing a weary stomach - they might be preventing cancer, according to researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC and colleagues. Certain tea...

Highly vascular brain tumors react to adrenomedullin inhibition.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Researchers in Europe believe they could treat glioblastoma, a common form of highly vascular brain cancer, by regulating the activity of adrenomedullin. ...

PTEN gene therapy, INGN 251 effective in vitro.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Introgen Therapeutics, Inc., (INGN) presented data from two preclinical studies that demonstrate INGN 251 inhibits the growth of melanoma and colorectal cancer cells, further demonstrating the...

Built-in 'failsafe' device blocks abnormal growth of new blood vessels.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some inhibitors of angiogenesis prevent new blood vessel growth by triggering a built-in "failsafe" device in vessel-forming endothelial cells that marks them for apoptosis, or programmed cell death,...

Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can increase breast cancer risk.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gaining more than 50 pounds during pregnancy, and not losing the excess weight postpregnancy, could triple a woman's risk of developing breast cancer after menopause, according to a study conducted by...

Correlogic signs agreements With NIH, FDA, and NCI.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Correlogic Systems, Inc., has entered into a licensing arrangement with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and a research agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the National...

University of Pittsburgh presents study on dendritic cells.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dendritic cells, as the pacemakers of the immune system, play a critical role in the primary immune response. They are the first cells to recognize antigens and to assist in the production of an immune...

'Cautious optimism' expressed for new anticancer drug.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary clinical trial results of the novel anticancer drug phenoxodiol indicate that it slowed cancer progression in 6 out of 10 patients at doses that were well tolerated. The interim trial...

Antiapoptosis gene could extend cell survival in cancer therapies.(Brief Article)
May 7, 2002... 2002 MAY 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Making human peripheral blood lymphocytes more resistant to cellular suicide, or apoptosis, could be one way to increase their effectiveness in cancer...

Novel agent SI-27 halts angiogenesis in laboratory studies.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Laboratory studies show a novel agent, SI-27, can block angiogenesis by limiting enzymatic activity. SI-27 has been tested on human endothelial cells at...

Tl-201 brain SPECT unsuitable for lymphoma diagnosis.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Thallium (Tl)-201 brain mass spectrometry (SPECT) is not suitable for diagnosing lymphoma in AIDS patients, researchers in the United States explain. ...

Scientists find a way to detect which breast abnormalities may develop into cancer.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists at the Royal Liverpool University Hospitals in the U.K. have found a way of testing whether certain abnormalities in a woman's breast are likely to go on to develop into breast cancer. They...

Racial and ethnic minorities may receive less appropriate cancer treatment.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A review of past cancer treatment and survival studies suggests that race and ethnicity may be associated with the receipt of cancer treatment. In some cases, treatment differences were associated...

Midkine-promoter avoids liver problems in gene therapy for pediatric tumors.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Doctors may have discovered a way to treat certain types of pediatric tumors with gene therapy without increasing the risk for liver injury in their patients....

American Society of Clinical Oncology calls for coverage of oral chemotherapy.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- As the American population ages, and as new highly targeted cancer drugs become more widely available in pill form, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is calling on Medicare to cover the...

Neuroblastoma patients at risk of hepatic veno-occlusive disease.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Young neuroblastoma patients have a heightened risk of veno-occlusive disease (VOD) of the liver after undergoing stem cell transplantation, researchers in the...

Wilms tumor gene expression marks stem cell graft contamination.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) cells express high levels of Wilms tumor gene 1 (WT1), which can be used to detect these cells in stem cell grafts, researchers...

Cells driven to self-destruct can deliver drugs to tumor cells.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Medical investigators at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have used genetic engineering to develop cells capable of delivering chemotherapy directly...

Animal model study demonstrated Reovirus as an effective treatment.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oncolytics Biotech, Inc., announced the publication of a research paper entitled "Reovirus Oncolysis of Human Breast Cancer" by K.L. Norman et. al (Human Gene Therapy, 2002;13(5):641-652), which...

Arimidex reduces risk of contralateral breast tumors compared with gold-standard tamoxifen.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Latest results from the ATAC (Arimidex, Tamoxifen Alone or in Combination) study in early breast cancer, presented at the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC), show that treatment with Arimidex...

Chemotherapy trial proves the worth of including elderly patients in clinical trials.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doctors should be encouraged to include many more elderly people in clinical trials than they do at present, Dr. Olavo Feher told the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona. Feher,...

Researchers find groups of genes associated with different types and stages.(of breast cancer)
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A method of rapidly "scanning" thousands of genes has revealed groups of genes associated with different types and stages of breast cancer. Some genes also appear to be able to indicate women's...

Study pinpoints mechanism behind tamoxifen side effect.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified the underlying mechanism that causes one of the unwanted side effects of tamoxifen. The study, published in Science...

Swedish trials suggest modest benefit for screening mammography.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data with longer follow-up from four Swedish trials published in the Lancet (2002;359(9310):904-905) suggest there may be a modest benefit from screening mammography for women age 55 years or over....

Novel genetic factors predict increased inherited cancer risks.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study reported at the Society of Gynecologic Oncologists 33rd Annual Meeting points to genetic factors associated with women's increased risk for developing cancers. The study utilizes both...

Kiss biopsies goodbye.(new cancer diagnostic techniques)
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Just a drop of blood or urine might be enough to reveal if a patient has cancer, what type it is and whether it's treatable. "One day, there could be one biochip for analyzing all cancers," said...

Mechanism for long-term survival discovered.(survival of patients with Epstein-Barr virus-related cancers)
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infects almost every person worldwide at some point in life. Once infection occurs, the virus usually survives in the host forever, lying dormant and causing no symptoms....

Effects of predictive testing for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer on women.
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- One in 10 women opted to have prophylactic mastectomy and nearly half opted to have their ovaries removed in the year following genetic tests that showed they were at risk of hereditary breast and...

BSD Medical acquires additional FDA approval.(BSD Medical Corp. acquires rights to Clinitherm Inc.'s hyperthermia therapy applications)
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BSD Medical Corp. (BSDM) has completed acquisition of the rights to the FDA approvals of Clinitherm, Inc. These approvals cover various applications of hyperthermia therapy, and broaden the FDA...

Gene therapy vaccine in development for cancer.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- T lymphocytes of the immune system are vital to bodily defenses against viruses and cancer. T lymphocytes are activated in part by molecules called costimulatory signals, of which 4-1BB is one example....

National Foundation for Cancer Research and Penn State launch new research center.(Brief Article)
May 14, 2002... 2002 MAY 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Foundation for Cancer Research (NFCR) and Penn State University announced the formation of a new center for metastatic cancer research to be based at Penn State, working with the...

Structure of cancer tumor growth protein elucidated.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A team of scientists at the Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have solved a structure of a protein that is crucial for cancer tumor growth. Blocking this protein has already proved to be an...

Findings give insight into how colon cells transform into precancerous polyps.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A key signaling pathway appears to be critical to the earliest transformation of normal colon cells into growths called polyps that may advance to colon tumors, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center...

New monoclonal antibody shown to fight tumors in animal model.(TRA-8 monoclonal antibody for breast cancer treatment)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Comprehensive Cancer Center have demonstrated that a recently developed monoclonal antibody, TRA-8, when used in conjunction with...

Cells expressing interleukin-2 arrest cancer growth and boost tumor immunity.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Fibroblasts genetically engineered to express interleukin (IL)-2 cause tumor cell growth inhibition and protect against the formation of new brain tumors. ...

Cancer-specific mortality only modestly increased among blacks compared with whites.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer-specific mortality is only modestly increased among blacks compared with whites who receive comparable treatment for similar-stage cancer in the United States, according to an article in the...

UNC scientist finds chief AIDS cancer needs trauma and virus to get started.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Kaposi sarcoma, the most common cancer that develops as people with the HIV virus progress to full-blown AIDS, appears to require some kind of trauma such as a cut or comparable injury to get started,...

Enzymes in pancreatic fluid may help doctors to diagnose cancer in pancreas.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Pancreatic fluid, or "juice" that contains abnormally high levels of a matrix degradation enzyme might be useful to doctors for diagnosing pancreatic cancer....

Rituximab potentiates cisplatin effects by Bcl-2 suppression.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have shed new light on the mechanisms by which the monoclonal antibody rituximab potentiates the effects of the anticancer...

New mutated gene identified.(CHEK2 or CHK2 increases breast cancer risk)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have identified a gene that when mutated can lead to an elevated but modest risk of breast cancer. The altered gene, called CHEK2 or CHK2, can double the estimated 13% lifetime risk of...

Report: Potato chips, french fries may contain cancer-causing substance.(acrylamide)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Potato chips, french fries, breakfast cereal, bread and other foods based on starch or sugar also contain a substance that may cause cancer, the National Food Administration said April 23, 2002. ...

New Pap test guidelines aim to reduce women's anxiety.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New Pap test guidelines recommended by a panel of experts could mean fewer return visits and less anxiety for the millions of women whose cervical cancer results come back inconclusive. Currently,...

Merck delays release of new drug.(Cetuximab)(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- German drug maker Merck KGaA has announced that key new cancer drug Cetuximab won't get to market in Europe until the first half of 2004 after U.S. regulators rejected studies by U.S. developer...

Epidemic of overweight children focus of statewide Spring Into Health! events.
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Taking action against the rising rates of overweight children, nearly 200,000 California children participated in 50 events held throughout the state to highlight the serious health consequences of...

Health economic study highlights new approach to colorectal cancer screening.(ColorectAlert from IMI International Medical Innovations Inc.)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new screening test for colorectal cancer could reduce the cost of screening programs for the disease, according to a new health economic study. ColorectAlert, developed by IMI International...

High dose of Advexin gene therapy provides significant survival advantage.(for patients with recurrent head and neck cancer)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recurrent head and neck cancer patients receiving higher dose of Advexin gene therapy in one study had a significant survival advantage when compared with a group of patients in another study receiving...

Amended virus kills liver cancer cells, prevents growth of new ones.(E1B-deleted virus dl1520)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Murine model experiments have demonstrated the E1B-deleted virus dl1520 diminishes and prevents the formation of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a primary form...

Transduced cells block angiogenic signals in tumor-implanted mice.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Human melanoma cells genetically manipulated to produce interferon-inducible protein 10 (IP-10) can block angiogenesis and tumor growth in mice. The novel...

Preliminary data on drugs to treat chemotherapy-induced neutropenia released.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human Genome Sciences, Inc., (HGSI) announced a new initiative to develop a long-acting form of granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) for the treatment of chemotherapy-induced neutropenia. ...

Cooking plump, red tomatoes boosts disease-fighting properties.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cooking tomatoes - such as in spaghetti sauce - makes the fruit heart-healthier and boosts its cancer-fighting ability. All this, despite a loss of vitamin C during the cooking process, say Cornell...

Pilot study may offer promise of a marker.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Each year, there are more than 27,000 new cases of ovarian cancer and 14,000 deaths due to this deadly disease. Sadly, preventative measures cannot help decrease these numbers in ovarian cancer...

Cleveland Clinic, NexCura to provide cancer patients with interactive treatment decision tools.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Cleveland Clinic and NexCura, Inc., announced an agreement to offer, free of charge, cancer treatment decision tools that help patients with newly diagnosed and recurrent cancer to better...

Oncolytics Biotech starts first patient treatment in Reolysin trial.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oncolytics Biotech Inc., has started patient treatment in its clinical study to evaluate the efficacy of Reolysin for the treatment of T2 prostate cancer. Reolysin is the formulation of the...

University of Illinois tests vaccine.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A University of Illinois at Chicago researcher has developed and is now clinically testing a vaccine that boosts the body's own immune system in an effort to cure prostate cancer. The trial,...

Early lifestyle decisive in contracting cancer later.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lifestyle factors during childhood and adolescence have a decisive impact on the risk of contracting cancer later in life. Scientists at the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have compared the...

Researchers say trees could reduce incidence.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Purdue University method to estimate the amount of protection trees provide against ultraviolet-B radiation may influence how communities are built and the incidence of skin cancer. "We now have...

Solucient 5-year forecast: Oncology beds, patient mix to grow.(Brief Article)
May 21, 2002... 2002 MAY 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oncology diagnoses will increase as much as 9% between 2001-2006, forcing hospitals to closely reevaluate and reallocate the proper mix of beds, care and service they provide their communities,...

Standard immunotherapy influences oncoprotein and growth factor differently.(bladder cancer treatment)
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Scientists in the U.S. have determined an immunotherapy commonly used for treating minimally invasive bladder cancer causes differential expression of a key...

Agent induces apoptosis to kill cancerous and precancerous cervical cells.(difluoromethylornithine)
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - A new agent now being tested in phase II clinical trials of patients with cervical cancer kills not only cancerous cells but also precancerous cells by...

Genistein-containing supplements may stop tamoxifen.(drug-nutrient interaction may negate breast cancer treatment)
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Isoflavone-enhanced dietary supplements containing genistein may negate the tumor-fighting effects of tamoxifen, a commonly prescribed medication for women battling estrogen-dependent breast cancer,...

Tumor genetic profile may determine therapy outcome.
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite the strikingly variable and unpredictable responses of different tumors, chemotherapy is still the main treatment method for malignant cancers. A study unveiled in Cell highlights a new...

Mortality higher among low-income African Americans.(colorectal cancer mortality)
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study published in the May 1, 2002, issue of the journal Cancer suggests African Americans living in poverty who have colon cancer are at a much greater risk of dying from their disease. ...

Researchers identify tumor suppressor genes.(lung cancer gene therapy)
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have identified three lung cancer tumor suppressor genes...

Some smokers can't quit even after suffering head and neck cancers.
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even a bout with head and neck cancer cannot stop some people from smoking, despite many indicating that they want to quit, according to a new study. Head and neck cancer patients who continue to...

FDA approves Urologix' Targis treatment for BPH patients with prostate or bladder cancer.(benign prostatic hyperplasia)
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Urologix, Inc., (ULGX) announced that the FDA has removed contraindications for the company's Targis System for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) patients with coexisting prostate or bladder cancer....

Artemis Medical receives 510K clearance on new image-guided biopsy device.
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Artemis Medical, Inc., a privately held company developing innovative products for minimally invasive diagnosis, intervention, and treatment of breast cancer announced that it has received 510K...

AstraZeneca receives FDA approval for Faslodex.
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to AstraZeneca (AZN) for their new breast cancer drug Faslodex (fulvestrant) Injection for treatment of hormone receptor positive...

Herceptin's side effects.(Brief Article)
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Around 30% of breast tumors contain cells that overexpress a protein called HER2/neu or ErbB2. The chemotherapy drug, Herceptin, blocks this protein and, as such, is highly effective in treating these...

Long-term survival results favor chemotherapy before surgery for locally advanced disease.
May 28, 2002... 2002 MAY 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term survival results from a breast cancer treatment study begun in 1992 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center strongly favor chemotherapy...