Study sheds light on angiogenesis inhibitors, points to limitations, solutions
Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 08:56
in Health & Medicine
A new generation of cancer drugs designed to starve tumours of their blood supply - called 'angiogenesis inhibitors' - succeeds at first, but then promotes more invasive cancer growth - sometimes with a higher incidence of metastases, according to a new study in animals. The research clarifies similar findings in other animal studies and is consistent with some early evidence from a small number of clinical trials with cancer patients...