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Billiard Game. Betty S. has an inoperable malignant tumor of the esophagus. She is one of two dozen patients participating in a promising new program for fighting advanced cancer of the mouth, upper respiratory system, cervix, brain, pancreas and other areas that until recently have been virtually untreatable. Fermilab's weapon is a beam of high-energy neutrons produced by its linear accelerator. Directed against certain tumors, the neutrons can be more effective than the X rays normally used in cancer therapy. Their advantage lies in the combination of their mass (they are heavy by subatomic standards) and high...
...Project R," as Wander calls it, centers around a chemical agent known as TAF (tumor angiogenesis factor...
...Cancer tumors manufacture TAF, causing an animal to create blood vessels supplying the tumor with necessary nourishment. Folkman and his research team are investigating substances that interfere with...
...inactivated, the body will not produce blood vessels to nourish the tumor, and without the vessels, the tumor can do no damage, according to an article by Folkman in the May issue of Scientific American...
...characteristic of boranes is their ability to attract radiation. If boranes can be combined with chemicals that are present in tumor cells, they could help to localize the effects of radiation applied to cancer patients...