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Meeting Report: Inaugural Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Symposium – Santa Barbara, CA, February 2015

Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a common, dose-limiting side effect of cancer treatment. This conference was the first of its kind to bring together a wide range of clinicians, researchers, and industry professionals to address the potent...

Interleukin-6 stimulates defective angiogenesis

The cytokine interleukin-6 (IL-6) has a number of tumor-promoting activities in human and experimental cancers, but its potential as an angiogenic agent has not been fully investigated. Here we show that IL-6 can directly induce vessel sprouting in the...

Pharmacological Ascorbate Radiosensitizes Pancreatic Cancer

The toxicity of pharmacological ascorbate is mediated by the generation of H2O2 via the oxidation of ascorbate. Since pancreatic cancer cells are sensitive to H2O2 generated by ascorbate they would also be expected to become sensitized to agents that i...

Ascorbate Radiosensitization

The toxicity of pharmacologic ascorbate is mediated by the generation of H2O2 via the oxidation of ascorbate. Because pancreatic cancer cells are sensitive to H2O2 generated by ascorbate, they would also be expected to become sensitized to agents that ...

EGF receptor promotes prostate cancer bone metastasis by downregulating miR-1 and activating TWIST1

Dysregulation of the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) signaling axis enhances bone metastases in many solid cancers. However, the relevant downstream effector signals in this axis are unclear. miR-1 was recently shown to function as a tumor supp...