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Clinical and Immunologic Effects of Intranodal Autologous Tumor Lysate-Dendritic Cell Vaccine with Aldesleukin (Interleukin 2) and IFN-α2a Therapy in Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients by SCHWAAB, Thomas, SCHWARZER, Adrian, FOSTER, Cathy, SZCZEPIORKOWSKI, Zbigniew M, WEBBER, Susan M, SCHNED, Alan R, HARRIS, Robert D, BARTH, Richard J, HEANEY, John A, NOELLE, Randolph J, ERNSTOFF, Marc S, WOLF, Benita, CROCENZI, Todd S, SEIGNE, John D, CROSBY, Nancy A, COLE, Bernard F, FISHER, Jan L, UHLENHAKE, Jill C, MELLINGER, Diane

“…Purpose: To evaluate the clinical and immunologic outcomes of DC (dendritic cell) vaccine with interleukin (IL)-2 and IFN-α 2a in metastatic renal cell…”
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Regulatory T-cells and associated pathways in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients undergoing DC-vaccination and cytokine-therapy by Schwarzer, Adrian, Wolf, Benita, Fisher, Jan L, Schwaab, Thomas, Olek, Sven, Baron, Udo, Tomlinson, Craig R, Seigne, John D, Crosby, Nancy A, Gui, Jiang, Hampton, Thomas H, Fadul, Camilo E, Heaney, John A, Ernstoff, Marc S

“…To evaluate CD4(+)CD25(+)FOXP3(+) T regulatory cells (T(REG)) and associated immune-regulatory pathways in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) of metastatic…”
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Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy of the Human Prostate by Halter, Ryan J., Hartov, Alex, Heaney, John A., Paulsen, Keith D., Schned, Alan R.

“…Tissue electrical impedance is a function of its architecture and has been used to differentiate normal and cancer tissues in a variety of organs including…”
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Passive bioelectrical properties for assessing high- and low-grade prostate adenocarcinoma by Halter, Ryan J., Schned, Alan R., Heaney, John A., Hartov, Alex

“…BACKGROUND The electrical properties of prostate tissues are dependent on cellular morphology and have been demonstrated to distinguish between benign and…”
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Incidence of Transitional Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder and Arsenic Exposure in New Hampshire by Karagas, Margaret R., Tosteson, Tor D., Morris, J. Steven, Demidenko, Eugene, Mott, Leila A., Heaney, John, Schned, Alan

“…Objective: Arsenic is a known bladder carcinogen and populations exposed to high arsenic levels in their water supply have reported elevated bladder cancer…”
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Bladder cancer risk and personal hair dye use by Andrew, Angeline S., Schned, Alan R., Heaney, John A., Karagas, Margaret R.

“…Several cohort and case‐control studies have found an increased risk of bladder cancer among hairdressers and barbers who are occupationally exposed to hair…”
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Occupation and Bladder Cancer Risk in a Population-Based Case-Control Study in New Hampshire by Colt, Joanne S., Baris, Dalsu, Stewart, Patricia, Schned, Alan R., Heaney, John A., Mott, Leila A., Silverman, Debra, Karagas, Margaret

“…Objective: To identify occupations with excess bladder cancer risk in New Hampshire, where bladder cancer mortality rates have been elevated for decades…”
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Analgesic and anti-inflammatory drug use and risk of bladder cancer: a population based case control study by Fortuny, Joan, Kogevinas, Manolis, Zens, Michael S, Schned, Alan, Andrew, Angeline S, Heaney, John, Kelsey, Karl T, Karagas, Margaret R

“…Use of phenacetin and other analgesic and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) potentially influences bladder cancer incidence, but epidemiologic…”
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Developing a Rational Tumor Vaccine Therapy for Renal Cell Carcinoma: Immune Yin and Yang by Ernstoff, Marc S, Crocenzi, Todd S, Seigne, John D, Crosby, Nancy A, Cole, Bernard F, Fisher, Jan L, Uhlenhake, Jill C, Mellinger, Diane, Foster, Cathy, Farnham, Conrad J, Mackay, Kathleen, Szczepiorkowski, Zbigniew M, Webber, Susan M, Schned, Alan R, Harris, Robert D, Barth, Jr, Richard J, Heaney, John A, Noelle, Randolph J

“…In patients with progressive malignancy, the natural balance between proinflammatory (Yang) and inhibitory (regulatory or Yin) immune pathways is disrupted and…”
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A da Vinci robot system can make sense for a mature laparoscopic prostatectomy program by Steinberg, Peter L, Merguerian, Paul A, Bihrle, 3rd, William, Heaney, John A, Seigne, John D

“…We sought to provide informed recommendations on transitioning from laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (LRP) to robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy (RAP)…”
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Arthur Schopenhauer, Evolution, and Ecology in Thomas Hardy’s The Woodlanders by HEANEY, JOHN

“…This essay takes issue with two truisms within Thomas Hardy criticism: first, the widely accepted view that The Woodlanders (1887) is Hardy’s most “Darwinian”…”
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Tumor-related immunity in prostate cancer patients treated with human recombinant granulocyte monocyte-colony stimulating factor (GM-CSF) by Schwaab, Thomas, Tretter, Christopher P.G., Gibson, Jennifer J., Cole, Bernard F., Schned, Alan R., Harris, Robert, Fisher, Jan L., Crosby, Nancy, Stempkowski, Laura M., Heaney, John A., Ernstoff, Marc S.

“…BACKGROUND Granulocyte monocyte‐colony stimulating factor (GM‐CSF) supports the survival, expansion, and differentiation of lymphoid and myeloid derived…”
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Immunological effects of granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor and autologous tumor vaccine in patients with renal cell carcinoma by Schwaab, Thomas, Tretter, Christopher P, Gibson, Jennifer J, Cole, Bernard F, Schned, Alan R, Harris, Robert, Wallen, Eric M, Fisher, Jan L, Waugh, Mary G, Truman, Debra, Stempkowski, Laura M, Crosby, Nancy A, Heaney, John A, Ernstoff, Marc S

“…Biological therapy for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) uses agents that mobilize immune effector cells which are able to recognize and destroy cancer. We evaluated…”
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Expression of Fas(APO-1/CD95) in tumor-infiltrating and peripheral blood lymphocytes in patients with renal cell carcinoma by CARDI, G, HEANEY, J. A, SCHNED, A. R, ERNSTOFF, M. S

“…The functional expression of Fas-ligand on tumor cells reported in a variety of neoplasms has been proposed by several groups as a mechanism of tumor escape…”
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Impaired cytolytic activity in peripheral blood T cells from renal cell carcinoma patients by Crocenzi, Todd S., Tretter, Christopher P.G., Schwaab, Thomas, Schned, Alan R., Heaney, John A., Cole, Bernard F., Fisher, Jan L., Ernstoff, Marc S.

“…Classic T lymphocyte cytotoxicity is mediated through the T cell receptor (TCR). Defects in TCR signal transduction and cytolytic activity have been reported…”
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Tissue-shrinkage correction factor in the calculation of prostate cancer volume by SCHNED, A. R, WHEELER, K. J, HODOROWSKI, C. A, HEANEY, J. A, ERNSTOFF, M. S, AMDUR, R. J, HARRIS, R. D

“…Many studies that have calculated prostate cancer volumes from microscopic slides have used correction factors, ranging from 1.22 to 1.5, to compensate for…”
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A Primer on Automating the Vertical Diffusion Cell (VDC) by Hanson, Royal, Heaney, John

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Electrical properties of prostatic tissues: I. Single frequency admittivity properties by Halter, Ryan J, Schned, Alan, Heaney, John, Hartov, Alex, Paulsen, Keith D

“…Electrical properties of the prostate may provide sufficient contrast for distinguishing malignant and benign formations in the gland. We evaluated how well…”
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Phase I pilot trial of the bispecific antibody MDXH210 (anti-FcγRI X anti-HER-2/neu) in Patients whose prostate cancer overexpresses HER-2/neu by SCHWAAB, Thomas, LEWIS, Lionel D, HARRIS, Robert D, ERNSTOFF, Marc S, COLE, Bernard F, DEO, Yashwant, FANGER, Michael W, WALLACE, Paul, GUYRE, Paul M, KAUFMAN, Peter A, HEANEY, John A, SCHNED, Alan R

“…The goal of this study was to evaluate, in patients with prostate cancer, the toxicity profile and biologic activity of the bispecific antibody MDXH210, which…”
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Electrical impedance spectroscopy of benign and malignant prostatic tissues by Halter, Ryan J, Schned, Alan, Heaney, John, Hartov, Alex, Schutz, Shannon, Paulsen, Keith D

“…The specificity of current screening methods for prostate cancer is limited and it results in approximately 75% to 80% of patients who undergo biopsy having…”
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