[This is a good article about living with cancer. The article asks: "Researchers are starting to ask what life is like after a cancer diagnosis." A friend...
Cell Growth And Death Controlled By Single Pathway In Lymphoma Cancer Model 5/31/2004 Source: Rockefeller University New research at Rockefeller University,...
Important Canadian research from University of Toronto. __________________________________________________________________________ UHN Researchers Discover New...
This article looks like a good follow-on to Scott's post on Cancer Survivorship. Interesting results in the female vs male respondents to the study... Scott...
Snake Venom May Slow Cancer Growth, Studies Hint Jennifer Hile National Geographic Channel June 1, 2004 Preliminary research shows a natural compound in some...
'Yo-yo diets hit immune system' Exercise is the best way to lose weight, say doctors Women who repeatedly lose weight only to put it back on again could be...
Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online June 1, 2004 Submitted March 18, 2004 Accepted April 29, 2004 Late Effects In Survivors Of Chronic Myeloid...
Blood First Edition Paper, prepublished online June 1, 2004 Submitted January 7, 2004 Accepted May 2, 2004 Characterisation of new human CD20 monoclonal...
Protein could hold key to cancer spread 02/06/2004 - Germany's Xerion Pharmaceuticals has discovered a protein that seems to be intrinsically involved in the...
Junk DNA Yields New Kind Of Gene 6/2/2004 Source: Harvard Medical School In a region of DNA long considered a genetic wasteland, Harvard Medical School...
[Presumably these researchers are referring to pluripotent stem cells when they describe the cells they have found as 'highly potent'. Pluripotent stem cells...
[Articles marked 'Basics' are those which are not specific to CLL, but provide background into the workings of the immune system, cancer, or both.] ...
[An interesting look at the subject, from Scientific American] May 24, 2004 The Stem Cell Challenge What hurdles stand between the promise of human stem cell...
[Many researchers use virus vectors (carriers) to transfer genes into the nucleus to perform gene therapy. The problem arises when the virus puts the target...
[NF-kappaB pops ups again in CLL Cell Survival.] Leukemia. 2004 Jun 3 [Epub ahead of print] A sustained activation of PI3K/NF-kappaB pathway is critical for...
[The paper discusses the introduction of a gene into hematopoeitic (blood producing) stem cells. This is geared more towards traditional chemotherapy that can...
Cancer patients' genes may influence how they experience fatigue and quality of life Research findings provide first evidence of possible link between genetic...
Umbilical cord blood and bone marrow transplants slow the progression of many cancers Thursday, 3-Jun-2004, by News-Medical Umbilical cord blood and bone...
[The American Society of Clinical Oncology is having their annual meeting. There are several abstracts on CLL being presented at the meeting. This is the...
NCCTG trial of gemcitabine for relapsed B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Abstract No: 6726 Author(s): T. G. Call, C. L. Constantinou, S. P. Kahanic, K. M. ...
Results of a pilot trial of OSI-461 in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Abstract No: 6676 Author(s): C. H. Reynolds, R. N. Raju, S. J. Vukelja, R....
Graft versus leukemia effect may overcome therapeutic resistance of chronic lymphocytic leukemia with unmutated immunoglobulin variable heavy chain gene...
Use of a moving optical gradient to determine ex vivo chemosensitivity of B- cell chronic lymphocytic leukemias (B-CLL). Abstract No: 2097 Author(s): I. Kariv,...
Chemoimmunotherapy with fludarabine (F), cyclophosphamide (C), and rituximab (R) improves complete response (CR), remission duration and survival as initial...
An anti-C3b/iC3b monoclonal antibody (Mab) as an adjuvant to rituximab killing of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and chronical lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells. ...
Flavopiridol given as a 30-min intravenous (IV) bolus followed by 4- hr continuous IV infusion (CIVI) results in clinical activity and tumor lysis in...
Immunophenotypic clustering of B-Cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia (B- CLL) reveals a good prognosis disease subset characterized by the coordinated...
Rituximab and methylprednisolone for therapy of CLL Abstract No: 1923 Author(s): Yan Li, Nobuhiro Tsukada, Jan Bole, Nathan Zvaifler, Thomas J Kipps, UCSD, San...