Lil, I saw this on a health show just a few days back. They profiled a lady
diagnosed with breast cancer with mets to lung and liver. She had
discontinued chemo and had no alternative. They did not promise cure but
she was able to get around and look after her family and was very pleased
with the drug and the extra time she is getting.
God Bless, Jeanne
At 08:50 PM 10/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
>A Canadian-developed cancer drug based on a shark cartilage extract will
>undergo clinical testing at hospitals in Canada and the United States
>starting next year. Officials at Quebec City based AEterna
>Laboratories, Inc. said the drug, Neovastat, will probably be tested on
>about 500 patients with advanced prostate and lung cancer. AEterna
>officials said the extract from the backbone of the spiny dogfish, a
>shark species found in both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, is designed
>to prevent the formation of new blood vessels needed to nourish
>turmors. AEterna said the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Md.
>selected Neovastat for trials that will be funded and supervised by the
>U.S. government-backed body to evaluate the effectiveness of shark
>cartilage extract in treating cancer.
>
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