Here's more hopeful news re: tests of new drugs...
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Cancer becomes deadliest when it grows out of
control and spreads throughout the body. An experimental drug
known only as AG-33-40 holds the potential to stop that growth.
And, based on preliminary research, it appears to work in humans.
California-based Agouron Pharmaceuticals, the drug's manufacturer,
says AG-33-40 works on two fronts: It blocks angiogenesis, the
process in which tumors grow new blood vessels to bring in nutrients,
and appears to block the spread of cancer, known as metastasis.
There is no medicine available to block metastasis, which can
occur even after a tumor has been removed.
The test drug seems to block the spread of cancer, a process known
as metastasis
The full article can be found at:
http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9806/18/new.cancer.drug/
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