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White matter fiber tracking may provide a novel tool to assess the integrity of injured motor tracts in the cervical spine. It provides information about fiber directions which is not given by conventional MRI. White matter fiber tracking in the brain is used at several institutions, including our

Obesity is characterized by excessive white adipose tissue (WAT) that increases risk for disease. About 700 million adults are obese worldwide, designating the need of reducing excessive WAT in humans and subsequently the risk for disease. For this reason, previous research focused on the

Primary Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between the length of the CAG repeat sequence occurring in the androgen receptor gene and major prostate cancer prognostic determinants (race, age, histologic grade and stage) at the time of diagnosis in black and white veterans. Secondary Objectives:

Colorectal Cancer is the third most common cause of cancer in Canada with an estimated lifetime risk of developing the disease of 6-7%. Each year there are approximately 21,000 new cases and 9,100 deaths attributable to this disease. Colonoscopy is one of several methods recommended for CRC

Background: One area of therapeutic advancement in immunotherapy has been to identify autologous tumor-reactive T-cells and expand them in vitro, and administer them in adoptive transfer back to patients. These T-cells have been obtained either from tumor infiltrating lymphocytes (TIL) which appear

OBJECTIVES: I. To compare white wine (Arm A) to non-wine nutritional supplement (Arm B) for the treatment of cancer-associated anorexia. II. To evaluate the side effect profile of white wine (Arm A). OUTLINE: Patients are stratified according to primary malignant disease (lung vs gastrointestinal vs

Background: - TIL transfer studies in patients with metastatic melanoma following lymphodepletion have resulted in 50 percent objective response rates with a 10-15 percent rate of complete responses. Despite these important clinical findings, adoptive cell transfer has not become widely available

Oral mucositis is a common side effect from paclitaxel treatment. It can be very painful and compromise nutrition and oral hygiene, and it may increase the risk of infection. Although oral mucositis is a common side effect to chemotherapy, no available treatment is yet available that can effectively

Bacterial and fungal infections in neutropenic patients or in patients with inherited disorders of neutrophil function continue to cause substantial morbidity and mortality. In particular, fungal infections are an increasingly important cause of death in patients receiving aggressive chemotherapy,

OBJECTIVES: Primary - Determine the safety of white blood cell infusion in patients with metastatic or unresectable cancer. Secondary - Determine the efficacy of this therapy in these patients. OUTLINE: Patients receive allogeneic white blood cell infusions once daily for 5-10 infusions. Patients

OBJECTIVES: - Evaluate the efficacy of autofluorescence bronchoscopy using the Lung Imaging Fluorescence Endoscopic System with conventional white-light bronchoscopy for the early detection of lung cancer in selected patients with known or suspected bronchogenic carcinoma, completely resected head

Up to 29 Subjects with metastatic, non-hematological cancer can be entered. Potentially hundreds of healthy Donor-participants will be recruited. A Donor Registry will be built to store ABO/Rh-specific donors; these donors will be tested for HLA-specific genotyping as well as fully tested for

Gastric cancer is the fifth most common cause of death worldwide. Early detection and removal of gastric cancer precursors and early gastric cancer is crucial for good outcomes. However, these lesions are subtle and often missed by conventional white light imaging (WLI) endoscopy. Image enhanced