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4/15/01 Advertisement for Book on Clinical Trials
4/15/01 Cancer Patients face Barriers to Trials Source for NCI and Veritas database of trials
4/17/01 Insurance won't cover costs associates with trials
4/17/01 links, general info
4/19/01 Blood Test Spots Colorectal Cancer's Spread Dec 7, 1999 USA Today protein marker, guanylyl cyclase C test developed at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia
4/19/01 Splitting gene pairs reveals more cancers By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Feb 17, 2000 New Test for Hereditary Colon Cancers
4/19/01 Promising cancer drug appears safe Nov. 10, 2000 USA Today. Endostatin
4/21/01 Team finds protein linked to colon cancer spread Pa28 alpha, Justinian Ngaiza, Georgetown's Lombardi Cancer Center, 92nd Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research
4/21/01 US News Hospital Ranking MD Anderson #1
4/22/01 Aids virus offers hope of remedy for cancer patients Robin McKie, Sunday April 22, 2001 The Observer
4/7/01 Looksmart.com
4/16/01 Assays for Different Cancer Types
4/19/01 Colorectal Cancer: Drs. Robert Beart, Heinz-Josef Lentz, Robert Halle. Q&A Discussion. Xeloda, liver resection only cure
4/19/01 Reporter's Journal (Breast Cancer)
4/8/01 Sloan Kettering - Liver Pump
4/16/01 americasdoctor.com
4/17/01 Colorectal Cancer Network Survivors- Library, Quackwatch (fraudulent alternative therapies)
4/18/01 European Organization for Research and Treatment of Cancer. Q&A on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (Physician Oriented) Q&A on Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors (Physician Oriented)
4/20/01 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (PA) Giving Smaller Doses of Chemotherapy More Frequently May Attack Tumor Blood Supply
4/20/01 National Guideline Clearinghouse(tm) (NGC), a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines
4/24/01 411cancer.com Cancer Treatment News Archive
4/16/01 Search Engine - Bookstore O'Reilly.com
4/16/01 NBC Search Engine
4/17/01 Associated Press Wire
4/17/01 Cancer News on the Net Links to a lot of Search Engines
4/18/01 Oncology.com General Info , news and info
4/19/01 USA Today Cancer Index News Articles for different cancers
4/29/01 Yahoo Finance
4/9/01 Centerwatch
4/20/01 Cancerconsultants.com ecancertrials
4/10/01 NCI Clinical Trial Finder
4/23/01 [Progress in chemotherapy for colorectal cancer] Unique Identifier: 21022950 Author: Sasaki T; Maeda Y Source: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho 2000 Dec;27(14):2185-92 Feb 2001 Cancerlit Topic Search. Says oral agents are as good as IV chemo but have many fewer side effects
9/10/01 A Case of Liver Metastasis from Colon Cancer Masquerading as Focal Sparing in a Fatty Liver Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 1997
9/3/01 Dad's Colon Cancer Pages Many outdated links, but still good info
9/1/01 New Anticancer Drug R115777 and Gemcitabine (Gemzar) Chemotherapy in the Treatment of Advanced Cancer Phase I Study of R115777 with Gemcitabine in Patients with Advanced Cancer R115777 is a member of a new class of anti-cancer drugs called farnesyltransferase inhibitors. This class of drugs is unlike any current chemotherapy drug. They target a group of proteins called "ras proteins" that are present in many different types of cancer. "Ras proteins" are felt to play critical roles in the growth of cancer cells. R115777 and other farnesyltransferase inhibitor drugs may be able to interfere with this critical cancer protein and may provide a new and novel way to treat cancer
9/1/01 Cybermedtrials for Colon Cancer Good summary of Phase I studies for advanced patients

Specific Bulletin Board Postings

Some BB posts worth looking at from Yahoo! Groups colon_cancer_support
1/20/02 Beyond Aspirin - Intro
1/20/02 Beyond Aspirin II
1/30/02 Beyond Aspirin III - Trans Fatty Acids and Colon Cancer
1/30/02 Food is Medicine in Colon Cancer Fight - Article
1/30/02 Bee Products - Honey, Propolis
1/20/02 Resveritrol
1/20/02 Bromelain
1/20/02 PSK
1/20/02 Oltipraz - Summary
1/20/02 Milk Thistle
1/20/02 Cancer Vaccines
1/20/02 Conformal Radiation Patient Stories
1/20/02 Stereotactic radioablation for lung tumors
1/20/02 Tissue Tolerance in Radiation Therapy Paper
2/3/02 The Physical Aspects of Three-Dimensional Conformal Radiation Therapy Paper
2/3/02 The Group Room - Conformal Radiation Audio Files at this site
1/20/02 RF Ablation Patient Stories
1/20/02 Cliff's Story I
1/20/02 Cliff's Story II
1/20/02 A Consumer's Guide to Herbal Medicines
1/20/02 Understanding the Perceived Need for Complementary and Alternative Nutraceuticals: Lifestyle Issues Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Article
1/20/02 When a Parent Dies of Cancer Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Article
1/20/02 Options for Stage IV Colon Cancer Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing Article
1/30/02 Unraveling Cancer (Barons Article)
1/30/02 Hyped Drugs May Not be a Cure
1/30/02 Vaccines halt tumors in their tracks "best" vaccine news from ASCO 2001
2/15/02 The Story of ImClone Jan 16 2002
2/15/02 Ongoing ImClone Mess Jan 19 2002
2/15/02 ImClone Update Feb 5 2002
2/15/02 ImClone vs Bristol Myers Feb 12 2002
3/16/02 Dietary Soy Reduces Pain
3/16/02 Vitamin C, L-lysine, L-proline, and Green Tea Combination PMID: 11497247
3/16/02 l-lysine synergistic with Celebrex PMID: 11782374
3/16/02 Dietary Antioxidants During Cancer Chemotherapy: Impact on Chemotherapeutic Effectiveness and Development of Side Effects Nutrition and Cancer 2000 - Volume 37, Number 1
3/16/02 Case Study - Elevated CEA in Asymptomatic Patient

Some BB posts worth looking at from LYCOS Colon Cancer Board
1/30/02 Comments on Efficacy of RF Ablation Heat Sink Phenomenon
2/10/02 Discussion of Dukes' B
2/10/02 "Judy" (nurse) interprets a Path report Stage III
2/10/02 Oxaliplatin He is being taken off the Oxaliplatin because of substantial neuropathy. The doctor does not want the neuropathy to become irreversible. I have read that most patients are on Oxaliplatin for an average time of 7.5 months, which is right where we are at.

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