Clinical Oncology Week articles from April 2003

Clinical Oncology Week archives from April 2003

Cancer has causal role in seven vascular disorders preceding cancer diagnosis.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer has causal role in seven vascular disorders preceding cancer diagnosis. According to a study from Israel, "The literature investigating the association between vascular disorders and...

Two colliding cancers - adenosquamous and neuroendocrine origin - found.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two colliding cancers are found, of adenosquamous and neuroendocrine origin. A study from Japan reports on "an extremely rare case of primary lung cancer showing various histological elements...

American Cancer Society publishes new guidelines for the early cancer detection.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Cancer Society publishes new guidelines for the early cancer detection. "Each January, the American Cancer Society (ACS) publishes a summary of existing recommendations for early cancer...

Case report: 10-year-old girl presents with rare sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A 10-year-old girl presents with a rare sclerosing stromal tumor of the ovary. According to a study from the United States, "Sclerosing stromal tumor (SST) is a rare benign ovarian neoplasm of...

Multislice spiral CT can give diagnostic detail and determine resectability.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Multislice spiral CT can give diagnostic detail and determine resectability. "The purpose of our study was to evaluate multislice computed tomography (MSCT) in the assessment of patients with...

Voriconazole is successful in treating a patient with acute myeloid leukemia.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Voriconazole is successful in treating a patient with acute myeloid leukemia. According to recent research from France, "Trichosporon spp. are emerging fungal pathogens in immunocompromised hosts,...

Researchers present guide to evaluation and diagnosis of masses.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers present a quick guide to evaluation and diagnosis of masses. "A palpable mass in the abdomen of a child is a serious finding. In this article, the authors present their...

Relaxation and imagery improve depression and quality of life in advanced cancer.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Relaxation and imagery improve depression and quality of life in advanced cancer. "A community-based nursing study was conducted in Sydney, Australia, to compare the effects of progressive muscle...

Sodium salicylate induces ROS production and subsequent apoptosis.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sodium salicylate induces ROS production and subsequent apoptosis. According to a study from South Korea, "Salicylates and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) induce apoptosis in a...

Some CDKN2A gene polymorphisms in the population lower cancer survival.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some CDKN2A gene polymorphisms in the population lower cancer survival. "Point mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in the CDKN2A gene in bladder cancer patients have been resolved...

Melanoma and renal carcinoma metastases have higher blood volume than others.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Melanoma and renal carcinoma metastases have higher blood volume than others. Recent research from France "performed conventional and dynamic susceptibility-contrast MRI imaging in 38 patients with...

Spectroscopy can now map structure with corresponding metabolic activity.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spectroscopy can now map structure with corresponding metabolic activity. According to a study from Austria, "In a systematic study on the interdependence of linewidth, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR),...

Recent advances lead to significant improvements in prognosis.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent advances lead to significant improvements in prognosis. According to a study from the United States, "Brain metastases are one of the most feared complications of cancer, because even small...

Case reports: Long-term survivors of neurocristopathy-associated neuroblastoma.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers describe treatment of neuroblastoma in patients with neurocristopathy syndromes. "Neuroblastoma, a neoplasm of neural crest cell origin, occasionally presents in association with other...

Malignant astrocytoma occurs 10 years after treatment of craniopharyngioma.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report a case of malignant astrocytoma that occurred 10 years after treatment of craniopharyngioma. According to a study from Austria, "Craniopharyngioma is the third most common...

Histological examination is necessary to diagnose phyllodes breast tumors.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Histological examination is necessary to diagnose phyllodes breast tumors. "Our objective was to study the color and pulse Doppler ultrasonography of phyllodes tumors of the breast. The data of 36...

Molecular screening discovers thousands of new genes, including BASE.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Molecular screening discovers thousands of new genes, including BASE. According to a study from the United States, "To identify unknown membrane proteins that could be used as targets for breast and...

Researchers discuss managing carcinoma discovered during breast reduction.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers discuss managing carcinoma discovered during breast reduction. According to a study from the United States, "Before reduction mammoplasty, patients should be assessed for breast cancer...

Researchers propose a parametric model for long-term follow-up.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers propose a parametric model for long-term follow-up. According to recent research from the United States, "We propose a parametric version of a univariate gamma frailty model." "The...

Researchers study mother-child relationships within the cancer experience.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers study mother-child relationships within the cancer experience. "The demands and uncertainties associated with adjustments to chronic illness present challenges to maintaining a stable...

Serum antibodies to lipophilin B are correlated to disease stage.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serum antibodies to lipophilin B are correlated to disease stage. According to recent research from the United States, "Lipophilin B mRNA is overexpressed in approximately 70% of breast tumors and...

Women's fears of recurrence measured.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The CARS will likely be a useful tool to measure women's fears of recurrence. According to a study from the United States, "The Concerns About Recurrence Scale (CARS) systematically assesses the...

Gamma irradiation induces Epstein-Barr virus reactivation.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gamma irradiation induces Epstein-Barr virus reactivation. "Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), a member of the gamma-herpesvirus family, is involved in the development of several diseases, and the infection...

Mofarotene is effective alone or in combination with 2-methoxyestradiol.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mofarotene is effective alone or in combination with 2-methoxyestradiol. According to a study from Italy, "In the search for retinoids active against Burkitt lymphoma (BL), we found that the...

Leptomeningeal metastases are increasingly common.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leptomeningeal metastases are increasingly common. "Metastases to the nervous system are an increasingly common complication of cancer, and can involve the brain parenchyma, dura, skull, epidural...

Thoracoscopic sentinel node biopsy useful in internal mammary node staging.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Thoracoscopic sentinel node biopsy is useful for internal mammary node staging. According to recent research from Japan, "Sentinel node (SN) biopsy has changed the management of breast cancer. This...

Large-cell medulloblastoma may have arrestin-like protein expression.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Large-cell medulloblastoma may have arrestin-like protein expression. A study from France "reports a case of a cerebellar large-cell medulloblastoma in a 12 yr old patient. Despite a gross total...

A new technique of laparoscopic hysterectomy may be useful in cervical cancer.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new technique of laparoscopic hysterectomy may be useful in cervical cancer. "A surgical approach to the treatment of invasive cervical carcinoma 1b1 may result in decreased mortality and...

Local interleukin-2 therapy inhibits proliferation of HPV-associated tumor.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Local interleukin-2 therapy inhibits proliferation of HPV-associated tumor. According to a study from Cuba, "Previous studies have shown inhibition of cervical cancer cell growth by treatment with...

The E2/E6 gene ratio in papillomavirus-16 cancer can help diagnose stage.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The E2/E6 gene ratio in papillomavirus-16 cancer can help diagnose stage. According to a study from Poland, "Integration of human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA into host genome occurs early in cancer...

Cancer patient care can be cost-effectively improved by simple nursing changes.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patient care can be cost-effectively improved by simple nursing changes. Research from Australia was "conducted in one hematology-oncology day unit in Queensland, Australia. The project...

Low dietary copper increases risk with free radical production and AP activity.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Low dietary copper increases risk with free radical production and AP activity. According to recent research from the United States, "One possible dietary factor that may increase susceptibility to...

Two expressed enzyme levels can predict the efficacy of chemotherapy.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two expressed enzyme levels can predict the efficacy of chemotherapy. "Dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase (DPD) and thymidylate synthase (TS) gene expressions in metastatic colorectal cancer have been...

Prenatal presentation supports the in utero development of congenital leukemia.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prenatal presentation supports the in utero development of congenital leukemia. According to recent research from the United States, "Congenital leukemia is a rare disease developing within the...

Alpha-lipoic acid requires p27(Kip) for apoptosis of tumor cell lines.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alpha-lipoic acid requires p27(Kip) for apoptosis of tumor cell lines. According to a study from the United States, "Alpha-lipoic acid is a naturally occurring cofactor found in a number of...

Doppler waveform analysis is useful in diagnosing cervical lymphadenopathy.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Doppler waveform analysis is useful in diagnosing cervical lymphadenopathy. According to a study from Croatia, "We compared Doppler spectral parameters in acute inflammatory, reactive, lymphomatous,...

RU486 inhibits growth of cells by involving the NF-kappa B signaling pathway.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RU486 inhibits growth of cells by involving the NF-kappa B signaling pathway. According to recent research from the United States, "Previous studies indicated that the antiprogestin RU486 could...

The new human cell line EN has a TP53 mutation and a 1-day doubling time.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The new human cell line EN has a TP53 mutation and a 1-day doubling time. According to a study from Japan, they created "a new cell line, EN, established from an invasive endometrioid adenocarcinoma...

EBV not shown to be associated with breast and hepatocellular carcinoma.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- EBV was not shown to be associated with breast and hepatocellular carcinoma. "The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is associated with several human tumors including lymphoid and epithelial malignancies,"...

Identification of molecular abnormalities may improve patient survival.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Identification of molecular abnormalities may improve patient survival. According to a study from England, "The identification of the nonrandom chromosome rearrangements between the EWS gene on...

Tolosa-Hunt syndrome could be diagnosed instead of cancers without cranial MRI.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tolosa-Hunt syndrome could be diagnosed instead of cancers without cranial MRI. "The aim of this study was to present our experience in MRI diagnosis of 23 patients with the clinical findings...

Surgeons remove a cementifying fibroma from the ethmoidal sinus and cranial base.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgeons remove a cementifying fibroma from the ethmoidal sinus and cranial base. "A case of an 11-year-old girl with cementifying fibroma in the ethmoidal sinus extending to the anterior cranial...

Colorectal cancer screening guidelines updated.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Colorectal cancer screening guidelines have been updated. "We have updated guidelines for screening for colorectal cancer. The original guidelines were prepared by a panel convened by the U.S.,"...

WHO creates a new classification of hematopoietic and lymphatic neoplasms.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- WHO creates a new classification of hematopoietic and lymphatic neoplasms. According to recent research from the United States, "The new World Health Organization (WHO) classification of...

Actin isoform expression can be used to diagnose, subtype.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Actin isoform expression can be used as a means of diagnosis and subtyping. According to recent research from Switzerland, "The diagnosis and characterization of rhabdomyosarcoma requires the use of...

A rare leukemia type has certain genetic mutation and symptom characteristics.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rare type, minimally differentiated acute myeloblastic leukemia, has certain genetic mutation and symptom characteristics. According to recent research from France, "Mutations of the AML1 gene...

Inherited neurofibromatosis type 1 leads to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inherited neurofibromatosis type 1 leads to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia. "The most common myeloid malignancy seen in children with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1) is juvenile myelomonocytic...

An aqueous extract of Phyllanthus urinaria has cancer specific cytotoxicity.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An aqueous extract of Phyllanthus urinaria has cancer specific cytotoxicity. According to recent research from Taiwan, "Phyllanthus urinaria (P. urinaria), a widely used herb medicine, was tested...

Metastasis from neuroendocrine tumors can be treated with doxorubicin TACE.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Metastasis from neuroendocrine tumors can be treated with doxorubicin TACE. Recent research from France reported "the outcome in patients with liver metastasis from endocrine tumors who underwent...

Quality-of-life data contribute to our understanding of patients' experiences.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quality of life data contribute to our understanding of patients' experiences. "A prospective study was conducted to measure quality of life in newly diagnosed lung cancer patients attending a chest...

Researchers study radiation-induced lung cancer in Hodgkin disease patients.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers study radiation-induced lung cancer in Hodgkin disease patients. According to a study from the United States, "Aspects of radiation-induced lung cancer were evaluated in an international...

Brain lesions may be diagnosed from angiomas as intravascular B cell lymphoma.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Brain lesions may be diagnosed from angiomas as intravascular B cell lymphoma. According to a study from Japan, "An 82-year-old man without notable medical history was admitted to our hospital...

Clonal relatedness can be analyzed by sequencing CDR3 in Ig heavy chain genes.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clonal relatedness can be analyzed by sequencing CDR3 in Ig heavy chain genes. According to a study from Japan, "A 75-yr-old male simultaneously having lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma (LPL) and diffuse...

Rituximab plus CHOP increase response and survival in elderly patients.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rituximab plus CHOP increase response and survival in elderly patients. According to recent research from Germany, "The standard therapy for patients with aggressive lymphoma is cyclophosphamide,...

Case report: Unusual, mixed tumor in deep soft tissue of the leg.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An unusual, mixed tumor was found in the deep soft tissue of the leg. According to a study from Japan, "Mixed tumors of the salivary gland and skin are relatively common but are quite rare in soft...

An ovarian teratoma undergoes malignant transformation.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An ovarian teratoma undergoes malignant transformation. According to recent research from South Korea, "Malignant transformation of mature cystic teratoma is an uncommon complication." "While...

A component of Isaria japonica induces apoptosis in leukemia cells.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A component of Isaria japonica induces apoptosis in leukemia cells. "Recently we have reported that the trichothecene mycotoxin 4-acetyl-12,13-epoxyl-9-trichothecene-3,15-diol (AETD) from the...

Malignant transformation is treated successfully by surgery and chemotherapy.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Malignant transformation is treated successfully by surgery and chemotherapy. "Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a tumor composed of myofibroblasts and a mixed inflammatory infiltrate that...

A rare case of olfactory neuroblastoma with intracranial extension is presented.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rare case of olfactory neuroblastoma with intracranial extension is presented. "Olfactory neuroblastoma (ONB) is a rare form of head and neck tumor, and further ONB presenting an intracranial...

E2F proteins regulate MYCN expression in neuroblastomas.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- E2F proteins regulate MYCN expression in neuroblastomas. According to a study from Germany, "Amplification of the MYCN gene, resulting in overexpression of MYCN, distinguishes a subset of...

CHD5 is a nervous system chromodomain protein found absent in the cancer.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CHD5 is a nervous system chromodomain protein found absent in the cancer. "Chromatin remodeling is one of the mechanisms by which gene expression is regulated developmentally. Chromatin structure...

Folate deficiency and related disease risk can be easily prevented.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Folate deficiency and related disease risk can be easily prevented. "Inadequate folate status is associated with an increased risk for chronic diseases that may have a negative impact on the health...

Researchers report the remission of an epithelioid hemangioma of bone.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report the remission of an epithelioid hemangioma of bone. According to a study from the United States, "A case of pathologic multifocal epithelioid hemangioma which occurred in the...

Case report: Postradiation osteosarcoma after latency period of 3 years.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Postradiation osteosarcoma occurred after a short latency period of 3 years. According to a study from Japan, "Osteosarcoma is one of the neoplasms that may occur following exposure to radiation. A...

Researchers report the impact of ovarian cancer as perceived by patients.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report the impact of ovarian cancer as perceived by patients. According to recent research from Canada, "Ovarian cancer may be particularly challenging for women, both physically and...

Synergistic effects were achieved by Apo2L/TRAIL and cisplatin combination.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Synergistic effects were achieved by Apo2L/TRAIL and cisplatin combination. "Combining of tumor necrosis factor-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (Apo2L/TRAIL) with a chemotherapeutic drug,...

A new method measures oxidation products like oxysterols and alpha-tocopherol.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new method measures oxidation products like oxysterols and alpha-tocopherol. According to recent research from Italy, "Oxidant stress seems to play a role in several setting of human pathology,...

Researchers assess the effectiveness of depression screening tools.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers assess the effectiveness of depression screening tools. According to recent research from England, "Depression is a significant symptom for many palliative care patients, but is...

Cancer patients and their relatives disagree on the quality of support.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patients and their relatives disagree in the quality of support. According to recent research from Norway, "This article presents findings from a study of 536 patients with cancer and 473 of...

Some pelvic sarcoma types have a high sacroiliac infiltration risk.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Some pelvic sarcoma types have a high sacroiliac infiltration risk. According to recent research from Japan, "The incidence and characteristics of sacral infiltration in pelvic sarcomas were...

Dehydrocrotonin from Croton cajucara is cytotoxic to leukemia cells.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dehydrocrotonin from Croton cajucara is cytotoxic to leukemia cells. According to a study from Brazil, "Diterpenes exhibit potent antineoplastic properties against human and murine carcinoma cell...

Histological differences between pituicytoma and pilocytic astrocytoma outlined.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Histological differences exist between pituicytoma and pilocytic astrocytoma. "The authors present a rare case of pituicytoma," researchers in Japan report. "A dynamic magnetic resonance study...

Rhoeo discolor extract is not genotoxic or mutagenic, but is antioxidant.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rhoeo discolor extract is not genotoxic or mutagenic, but is antioxidant. According to a study from Mexico, "Rhoeo discolor is a legendary plant used for treatment of superficial mycoses in Mexican...

Screening for prostate cancer.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers discuss how to use PSA to screen for prostate cancer. According to recent research from North Ireland, "Prostate cancer screening of asymptomatic men is not recommended by the National...

Researchers measure quality of palliative care in surviving family members.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers measure quality of palliative care in surviving family members. According to a study from Norway, "This study measures quality of palliative care in 181 family members (i.e., spouse,...

Cyclin A1 is expressed at different levels in many tumors.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyclin A1 is expressed at different levels in many tumors. "Cyclin A1 is a tissue-specific A-type cyclin that is essential for spermatogenesis. Overexpression of cyclin A1 was found in acute...

Spinal cord disease causes morbidity and suffering for cancer patients.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spinal cord disease causes morbidity and suffering for cancer patients. According to a study from the United States, "Spinal cord disease represents a major cause of morbidity and suffering in...

Helicobacter pylori infection may be a risk for malignancy in head and neck.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Helicobacter pylori infection may be a risk for malignancy in head and neck. According to a study from England, "Helicobacter pylori is an accepted cause of chronic active gastritis and has a major...

Inhibition of caspase-9 and Apaf-1 function may occur in cisplatin resistance.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Inhibition of caspase-9 and Apaf-1 function may occur in cisplatin resistance. Previously researchers from Japan had "reported that cisplatin induces caspase-9 (Casp9) activation in head and neck...

Magnolol has antiproliferative and antiapoptotic effects in a cell line.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Magnolol has antiproliferative and antiapoptotic effects in a cell line. According to a study from Taiwan, "Magnolol, an active component isolated from the root and stein bark of Magnolia...

Survival estimates are accurate and linked symptomatically to peripheral edema.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Survival estimates are accurate and linked symptomatically to peripheral edema. A study from Oman "was carried out in the only tertiary oncology department in Oman to analyze the pattern of various...

Cip-1 presence enhances apoptosis induced by manumycin and paclitaxel.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cip-1 presence enhances apoptosis induced by manumycin and paclitaxel. According to recent research from the United States, "Our previous studies demonstrated that manumycin (a farnesyltransferase...

Tumor histological subtypes have different Ret chimeric transcripts.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor histological subtypes have different Ret chimeric transcripts. According to recent research from Ireland, "Ret rearrangements are common in papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), with ret/PTC-3...

Case report: Liposarcoma of the thyroid gland.
April 7, 2003... 2003 APR 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers present two cases of liposarcoma of the thyroid gland. "Primary liposarcoma of the thyroid gland is extremely rare with only two previous reports in the literature," researchers in...