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At the hearing, advocates for the bill, including actress Fran Drescher
and Sheryl Silver, who conceived of the legislation following her sister
Johanna 's death from ovarian cancer, testified about the critical need for a
public education effort aimed at informing women about gynecologic cancers.
(Amex: BSM) today noted that this morning's Boston Globe ran an article
entitled "Getting Warmer in Bid to Kill Tumor Cancers" in which hyperthermia
was named as potentially "among the most powerful anticancer weapons yet. But there must be enough oxygen
nearby for this damage to occur. Parts of tumors are tough to kill
because they have a poor blood supply and, thus, low oxygen levels.

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Data Presented at 2005 Meeting of American Society of Clinical Oncology

ORLANDO, Fla.
Of the 82 patients studied, 80 patients (98 percent) achieved a major tumor
response (CR+PR based on reduction in CA-125 levels) during the induction
phase of the therapy, 85 percent complete response (CR) and 12 percent partial
response (PR).

SGO members provide multidisciplinary cancer care including
chemotherapy, radiation therapy, supportive care and surgery.

4.

Statements contained in this press release that are not historical facts
are forward-looking statements, as that item is defined in the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

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For additional information, please visit
http://www. WASHINGTON , The Society of Gynecologic Oncologists
(SGO) commends the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services and Education for its hearing today on "Johanna's Law: The
Gynecologic Cancer Education and Awareness Act of 2005.D.

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No grade 4 neuropathy was observed.
"The standard of care for patients with stage III or IV primary ovarian
cancer is tumor debulking surgery followed by a combination of a platinum and
a taxane, most usually paclitaxel/carboplatin therapy, which has been shown to
produce an objective response rate of 80 percent or more based on CA125,"
stated Thomas Herzog, M.
Headquartered in Seattle, CTI is a biopharmaceutical company committed to
developing an integrated portfolio of oncology products aimed at making cancer
more treatable. von Eschenbach, MD,
also testified at the hearing.

For further information about BSD Medical and its technologies visit the
BSD website at http://www.

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With the high response rate observed at the dose of
175 mg/m2, this study suggests that it may be possible to further dose reduce
to decrease the relatively high incidence of neuropathy without sacrificing
efficacy. XYOTAX was administered over a 10-minute infusion at
doses of 210mg/m2 in 20 patients and 175mg/m2 in 62 patients followed by
carboplatin (AUC6) on day one of each 21-day cycle for up to six cycles. Treatment was stopped if the
patient's disease progressed or if intolerable toxicity was observed.com. "Every effort we can make
to help women understand the signs and symptoms of these diseases is a step
towards protecting our mothers, sisters, daughters, friends and the other
women in our lives."
"On behalf of my family, who lost Johanna following a three-and-a-half
year battle with ovarian cancer , I thank Senator Specter, Senator Harkin and
the Subcommittee for inviting us to speak today about the need for Johanna's
Law," said Silver.BSDMedical.

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Grade 3/4 side effects at the 175mg/m2 dose in combination with
carboplatin (AUC=6) included neuropathy (23 percent), nausea (15 percent),
vomiting (7 percent), febrile neutropenia (19 percent), anemia (11 percent),
and thrombocytopenia (55 percent ).
Raising the temperature of a tumor brings more blood and, hence, more
oxygen to the tumor. 'The heat opens these channels so that
chemotherapy drugs can more easily enter in,' " according to Dr.

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Similarly, patients underwent a rigorous examination to determine
and score potential neurosensory changes. Based on
preclinical studies, it appears that XYOTAX is preferentially trapped in the
tumor blood vessels allowing significantly more of the dose of chemotherapy to
localize in the tumor.

About Cell Therapeutics, Inc. "Hyperthermia also seems to 'jump-start the immune response' at least
in mice, said Elizabeth Repasky, an immunology professor at the Rosewell
Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, who is now looking at the effects in
humans.
According to an article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, in a study
following 109 patients, most of whom were experiencing recurrent breast
cancer, 68% of patients receiving hyperthermia plus radiation experienced
tumor disappearance compared to 24% tumor disappearance for those who received
radiation alone.

Cancer medical specialists are termed oncologist.

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The study was designed to evaluate the toxicity and efficacy of XYOTAX in
combination with carboplatin as an induction therapy followed by single-agent
XYOTAX as monthly maintenance therapy in patients with newly diagnosed stage
III or IV ovarian cancer.cticseattle. Blood vessels in tumor tissue, unlike blood
vessels in normal tissue , are porous to molecules like polyglutamate. Jay Harris, Chairman of
Radiation Oncology at both Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Brigham and
Women's Hospital.

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D. BSD Medical Corporation
produces systems that deliver precision-focused microwave/RF energy to
increase the temperature of cancerous tumors, producing hyperthermia in the
tumors. Just as a fever with the flu may boost immune response , so might
hyperthermia, a kind of artificial fever.

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Data
presented at ASCO include only the induction phase of the trial.
CTI and the Gynecologic Oncology Group (GOG) are presently evaluating
XYOTAX (135mg/m2) as monthly maintenance in a phase III clinical trial in
ovarian cancer patients who have achieved a complete response following
standard first-line chemotherapy.

Karlan , M. Its purpose is to improve the care of women with
gynecologic cancer by encouraging research, disseminating knowledge which will
raise the standards of practice in the prevention and treatment of gynecologic
malignancies and cooperating with other organizations interested in women's
health care, oncology and related fields.sgo. Mark Dewhirst of Duke University.
The Boston Globe article names four mechanisms by which hyperthermia
fights cancer:

1.

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"Tragically, Johanna's story of delayed diagnosis due to a
lack of knowledge about ovarian cancer symptoms is all too common -even among
health-conscious women like Johanna."
The Boston Globe has a circulation of 414,225 .com.

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More information
on the SGO can be found at http://www. David Wazer, Chief Radiation Oncologist at Turts-New England Medical
Center, also quoted in the article.

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This polymer technology results in a new chemical entity, designed to
selectively deliver higher and potentially more effective levels of active
chemotherapeutics to tumors.

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The
maintenance portion of the trial is ongoing. We need to change that-and Johanna's Law
provides a way to do so.org. According to an article in Cancer following 68 patients,
hyperthermia combined with radiation and chemotherapy produced a 90% complete
remission for patients with advanced cervical cancer.

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"After the induction phase of the XYOTAX trial , 98
percent of the patients achieved an objective response based on CA125 levels,
which is quite remarkable.

About XYOTAX
XYOTAX (paclitaxel poliglumex) is a pharmaceutical that links paclitaxel,
the active ingredient in Taxol(R), to a biodegradable polyglutamate polymer.

The SGO is a national medical specialty organization of physicians who are
trained in the comprehensive management of women with malignancies of the
reproductive tract. All forward-looking statements and
projections or expectations of future events, including the prospects for
future sales of the Company's cancer therapy systems based on media following
of its cancer therapies, are subject to risks and uncertainties detailed in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission .

The branch of medicine concerned with diagnosis, treatment, and research into the causes of cancer is oncology.

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CTI is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such
obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a
result of new information, future events, or otherwise. SALT LAKE CITY, BSD Medical Corp.

2.

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, of Columbia University and principal investigator
for the XYOTAX trial.

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XYOTAX in Combination with Carboplatin Produces Major Tumor Response in 98 Percent of First-line Ovarian Cancer Patients

(CTI) (NASDAQ and Nuovo Mercato: CTIC) reported preliminary data from a phase
II study of XYOTAX in combination with carboplatin for first-line induction
and single-agent maintenance therapy of advanced stage III/IV ovarian cancer., SGO
President, and Director, Women's Cancer Research Institute and Division of
Gynecologic Oncology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Wazer also
quoted above.

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After
six cycles, patients with stable disease or better continued on to receive
single-agent XYOTAX at a dose of 175mg/m2 for up to 12, four-week cycles. To
determine the true incidence of hematologic suppression, weekly blood counts
were drawn following each dose of the XYOTAX/carboplatin combination (day
8,15, 21).
For more information about this presentation or our clinical trials,
please visit our website at http://www. The Society 's membership is
primarily comprised of gynecologic oncologists, as well as other related
medical specialists such as, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists and
pathologists.
"At least eight studies in recent years have shown that adding
hyperthermia to chemotherapy or radiation increases the effectiveness of those
treatments against melanoma, tumors in the esophagus, cervix, head, neck and
brain, and breast cancers that have spread to the chest wall," the article
stated, quoting Dr."

The Globe article referenced articles in major medical journals.

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SGO looks forward to working with Congress to pass
Johanna's Law and to making a difference.

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This press release includes forward-looking statements that involve a
number of risks and uncertainties, the outcome of which could materially
and/or adversely affect actual future results."
According to the American Cancer Society, gynecologic cancers will affect
approximately 79,480 women and take 28,910 lives this year.

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, At the 2005 Annual Meeting
of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Cell Therapeutics, Inc. Only three patients (5 percent) required
dose delay due to neutropenia . Because more of the chemotherapy is targeted to the
tumor and the levels of chemotherapy delivered to normal tissue are reduced,
XYOTAX may be potentially more effective and have less severe side effects
than currently available chemotherapeutics.

Subcommittee Hearing on Gynecologic Cancer Bill is Commended by Society of Gynecologic Oncologists

'Hyperthermia Could Turn Out to be Among the Most Powerful Anticancer Weapons Yet' - Boston Globe

"When you combine heat and radiation, the cell -killing of cancer cells
is better," according to a quotation by Dr.

Cancer is the common term for tumors (neoplasms) characterized by uncontrolled growth at the cell level.

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cticseattle. Specifically , the risks and
uncertainties that could affect the development of CTI's products under
development include risks associated with preclinical and clinical
developments in the biopharmaceutical industry in general and with XYOTAX in
particular including, without limitation, the potential failure of XYOTAX to
prove safe and effective for treatment of ovarian cancer, determinations by
regulatory , patent and administrative governmental authorities, competitive
factors, technological developments , costs of developing, producing and
selling XYOTAX, and the risk factors listed or described from time to time in
the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including,
without limitation, the Company's most recent filings on Forms 10-K, 8-K, and
10-Q. "Radiation works by damaging DNA."

3. "With chemotherapy, drugs get inside tumor cells through small
channels on the cell surface.

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The Director of the National Cancer Institute, Andrew C.
"This bill has the power to save women's lives by improving awareness and
therefore, early detection of these cancers," said Beth Y. "I'm amazed at some of
the tumors that melt away with the combination of radiation and heat," said
Dr.