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Phase I clinical trial of i.v. ascorbic acid in advanced malignancy. Hoffer LJ, Levine M, Assouline S, Melnychuk D, Padayatty SJ, Rosadiuk K, Rousseau C, Robitaille L, Miller WH Jr. Ann Oncol. 2008 Nov;19(11):1969-74. Epub 2008 Jun 9. Erratum in: Ann Oncol. 2008 Dec;19(12):2095. PMID: 18544557 doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn377

BioVex Inc, a company developing next generation biologics for the treatment and prevention of cancer and infectious disease, announced that the results from a Phase I/II combination study in previously untreated patients with head and neck cancer will be presented at the 2009 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting, which will take place May 29, 2009 - June 2, 2009 in Orlando, FL.

Phase I trial of Seneca Valley Virus (NTX-010), a newly discovered systemically deliverable oncolytic picornavirus, in patients with solid tumors with neuroendocrine features. C. M. Rudin, D. Lansey, K. D. Burroughs, L. M. Hales, J. R. Neefe, P. S. Reddy and P. L. Hallenbeck Johns Hopkins Univ, Baltimore, MD; Neotropix, Inc., Malvern, PA. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 2007 ASCO Annual Meeting Proceedings (Post-Meeting Edition). Vol 25, No 18S (June 20 Supplement), 2007: 18014 © 2007 American Society of Clinical Oncology. Conclusions: NTX-010 is a novel first-in-class anticancer virus with selective tropism for tumors with neuroendocrine features. This is the first anticancer virus given intravenously with documented selective intratumoral infection and replication. Administration was well tolerated. Safety data and viral kinetics will be presented.

Phase I clinical trial of a selective inhibitor of CYP17, abiraterone acetate, confirms that castration-resistant prostate cancer commonly remains hormone driven. Attard G, Reid AH, Yap TA, Raynaud F, Dowsett M, Settatree S, Barrett M, Parker C, Martins V, Folkerd E, Clark J, Cooper CS, Kaye SB, Dearnaley D, Lee G, de Bono JS. J Clin Oncol. 2008 Oct 1;26(28):4563-71. Epub 2008 Jul 21. PMID: 18645193 DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.15.9749

Phase I Study of White Button Mushroom Extract in Preventing the Recurrence of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women Who Are Breast Cancer Survivors. This is a dose-escalation study. Patients receive oral white button mushroom extract twice daily for 12 weeks in the absence of a second primary ductal carcinoma in situ, invasive breast cancer, or unacceptable toxicity.ble toxicity.\n