Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Targeted Drugs Take a Crack at Brain Cancer

The prognosis for Sen. Ted Kennedy, who was diagnosed yesterday with a malignant glioma, isn’t good. But research into this relatively common form of brain cancer is showing new possibilities for treating the disease.
A wave of cancer drugs that target a molecule called VEGF appears especially promising, Timothy Cloughesy, director of neuro-oncology at UCLA, told [...]

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