Cancer Control Volume 9 Issue 1

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The Promise of New Technologies and Therapies:

Reintgen, Douglas S.

2017 Cancer Control

doi:10.1177/107327480200900101 pmid:11907460

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Immunotherapy for Melanoma:

Kim, Christina J.; Dessureault, Sophie; Gabrilovich, Dimitry; Reintgen, Douglas S.; Jr, Craig L. Slingluff,

2017 Cancer Control

doi:10.1177/107327480200900104 pmid:11907463

Background Immunotherapy for cancers is based on the principle that the host's immune system is capable of generating immune responses against tumor cells. Currently available treatments for melanoma patients are limited by poor response rates. Interferon-α has been approved for adjuvant...

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Metastatic Melanoma: Chemotherapy to Biochemotherapy:

O' day, Steven J.; Kim, Christina J.; Reintgen, Douglas S.

2017 Cancer Control

doi:10.1177/107327480200900105 pmid:11907464

Background Single-agent or combination chemotherapy regimens have not impacted the short median survival of patients with metastatic melanoma, and complete or durable responses are rare. Biologic response modifiers (interferon and interleukin-2) have produced durable remissions in a small cohort...

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Advances in Gene Therapy for Malignant Melanoma:

Sotomayor, Maria G.; Yu, Hua; Antonia, Scott; Sotomayor, Eduardo M.; Pardoll, Drew M.

2017 Cancer Control

doi:10.1177/107327480200900106 pmid:11907465

Background The recent developments in the field of gene transfer have advanced the use of gene therapy as a novel strategy against a variety of human malignancies. Due to its unique set of characteristics, melanoma represents a suitable target for the clinical translation of the different gene...

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The Promise of Microarray Technology in Melanoma Care:

Kim, Christina J.; Reintgen, Douglas S.; Yeatman, Timothy J.

2017 Cancer Control

doi:10.1177/107327480200900107 pmid:11907466

Background Genetic aberration is responsible for the development of neoplastic potential in a number of malignancies. These DNA alterations result in significant changes in gene expression that may now be measured and catalogued. The microarray technique screens and identifies expressed genes...

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Selected Clinical Research Protocols for Melanoma:

2017 Cancer Control

doi:10.1177/107327480200900108

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Hepatic Surgery for Metastatic Gastrointestinal Neuroendocrine Tumors:

Que, Florencia G.; Sarmiento, Juan M.; Nagorney, David M.

2017 Cancer Control

doi:10.1177/107327480200900111 pmid:11907468

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