Doctors play down cancer drug

Washington - Doctors said yesterday they were excited about a new way to attack cancer but warned against premature euphoria …

Washington - Doctors said yesterday they were excited about a new way to attack cancer but warned against premature euphoria over drugs that may not work in people.

The two drugs, angiostatin and endostatin, have completely wiped out tumours in mice. A feature story about the work published in the New York Times on Sunday sent stock in EntreMed Inc., which has rights to the drugs, soaring.

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