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Issue 108
ANDERSON and colleagues, School of Biological Sciences/C0900, University of Texas at Austin, 78712, USA, have observed a differential response of human ovarian cancer cells to induction of programmed cell death (apoptosis) by vitamin E succinate and the vitamin E analo1
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Issue 108
RAJENDRAN, Vinayaka Mission's Homoeopathic Medical College and Hospital, Salem 636 308, India. rajendranes@eth.net, has written a case study on homeopathy as supportive therapy in cancer. Abstract: Three case1
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Issue 107
FELLOWES and colleagues, Marie Curie Palliative Care Research and Development Unit, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Royal Free and University College Medical School, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF, UK,1
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Issue 107
FRAZIER and others, Division of Pediatric Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, USA. lindsay.frazier@channing.harvard.edu, have related adolescent diet to risk of breast cancer.
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Issue 107
HECKMAYR, Zentrum fur Pneumologie und Thoraxchirurgie Krankenhaus Grosshansdorf, m.heckmayr@gmx.net, has reviewed (68 references) studies on the chemoprevention of lung cancer. Abstract: Despite improvements i1
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Issue 106
CLERICI and co-workers, Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Perugia, Italy, clerici@unipg.it, have tested the treatment of liver cancer with all-trans-retinoic acid plus tamoxifen and vitamin E.
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Issue 106
DUDEK and colleagues, Department of Neurosurgery, Medical University of Bialystok have investigated the activity of antioxidant enzymes in human brain tumours.
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Issue 106
ROSSMAN, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, USA, mrmd555@aol.com, reports on an interactive Guided Imagery technique which accesses the strengths of patients during cancer treatment.
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Issue 106
ZEEGERS and co-workers, Department of Epidemiology, Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands, mpa.zeegers@epid.unimaas.nl, have reviewed (102 references) the association between smoking, d1
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Issue 105
VAN WEERT and colleagues, Department of Rehabilitation, University Hospital Groningen, The Netherlands, Evw@IKN.nl, have studied physical functioning and quality of life after cancer rehabilitation.
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Issue 105
WALTON and SULLIVAN, Carroll College, USA, have studied the spirituality of men with prostate cancer.
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Issue 104
COHEN and others, Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA, lcohen@mdanderson.org, have explored the effects of Tibetan yoga on psychological adjustment and sl1
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Issue 104
KARUNASINGHE and colleagues, Discipline of Nutrition, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, have studied DNA stability and serum selenium levels in men at high risk of prostate cancer.
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Issue 104
KORNITZER and co-workers, School of Public Health, Brussels Free University, Belgium, cververi@ulb.ac.be, have conducted a nested case-control study of selenium and cancer mortality.
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Issue 104
SENTHIL and others, Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar-608 002, Tamil Nadu, India, have found evidence of oxidative stress in the bloodstream of patients with ovarian cancer.
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Issue 104
SIEJA and TALERCZYK, Department of Pharmacology, Pomeranian Academy of Medicine, Szczecin, Poland, ldoroz@uoo.univ.szczecin.pl, have investigated the influence of selenium on women undergoing treatment for ovarian cancer.
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Issue 104
VICKERS and co-workers, Integrative Medicine Service, and Department of Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021, USA, vickersa@mskcc.org, report on a phase II study of acupuncture for post-chemotherap1
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Issue 103
ADZERSEN and colleagues, Department of Gynecological Endocrinology and Reproductive Medicine, Women's Hospital, University of Heidelberg, Germany, karlheinrich_adzersen@med.uni-heldelberg.de, have carried1
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Issue 103
GUNAWARDENA and co-workers, Department of Internal Medicine and Pathology, ARUP Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA, report that a combination of vitamins C and E inhibits the protein survivin, and thus the growth of human prostate cancer cel1
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Issue 103
LI and colleagues, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA, haojie.li@channing.harvard.edu, have studied selenium levels in blood pla1