A NEW drug that stops tumours from growing would enable people with cancer to manage the disease like diabetes or asthma.
The medication, known as GSAO, has shown promising results in mice and will be tested in humans early next year.
“What this drug does is stop tumours from making blood vessels,” said Professor Philip Hogg of the Children’s Cancer Institute Australia, at the University of NSW.
“The hope with this sort of therapy is that you’ll turn cancer into a disease, say not unlike diabetes for example, where it’s a serious disease but it can be managed pretty well on a lifelong basis,” Prof Hogg said.
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