Cancer drug dramatically shrinks prostate tumors in study
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 17:56
in Health & Medicine
The survival rate more than doubles among most of the men with aggressive cancers in limited trial. A second, wider test shows similar promising results. 'Spectacularly effective,' a researcher says. An experimental cancer drug shrank prostate tumors dramatically and more than doubled survival in 70% to 80% of patients with aggressive cancers, British researchers reported today.
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