Cancer Drugs: Study Sheds Light On Angiogenesis Inhibitors, Points To Limitations, Solutions
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 14:31
in Health & Medicine
A new generation of cancer drugs designed to starve tumors 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.