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When the lung cancer drug Iressa won approval from the Food and Drug Administration almost a year ago, it showed great promise as a tumor suppressor with side effects far less severe than those of chemotherapy...
...mystery of why Iressa, also called gefitinib, slowed tumor growth in only 10 percent of the patients who used it was solved only this month...
...supplements of estrogen, unlike the combination of estrogen and progestin, did not appear to increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. Perhaps estrogen pills work more selectively in the body than anyone had realized. Or perhaps the type of progestin used in studies was more likely to trigger tumor growth...
...biotechnology research company Genentech, Inc. began testing Avastin in September 2003. Avastin is a genetically-engineered protein that binds to and neutralizes vascular endothelial growth factor, a protein that spurs the growth of blood vessels surrounding a cancerous tumor...
Though it is not a cure, the FDA called Avastin the “first such product that has been proven to delay tumor growth and more importantly, significantly extend the lives of patients...