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Immunosurveillance. How do you get the human body to fight cancer? Elkord describes how T cells can support an active immune response or to create a suppressive environment. Read about immunotherapy and about how vaccines can be used to stop tumor growth.

Gene therapy for prostate cancer. Prostate cancer affects one in six men and is the second leading cause of cancer death among men in the US. Gene therapy shows promise as a treatment strategy that can target both localized and metastatic prostate cancer. View this web focus to read more about the field of prostate cancer gene therapy.

Events for the year. Stay apprised of the latest news and discussions in urology, oncology and surgery by attending the meetings listed in the PCAN calendar for 2007.

Nature Publishing Group and AstraZeneca are pleased to congratulate the 2007 AstraZeneca Scholarship award recipients, Kim et al., for their winning paper entitled "Characterization of the androgen receptor in a benign prostate tissue-derived human prostate epithelial cell line: RC-165N/human telomerase reverse transcriptase." The award is bestowed on the most significant original research paper published in 2007.

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