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New directions in cancer research offer cautious hope
Harmless daily retinoids show potential to prevent some cancers in humans after success in animals. Initial trials focus on bladder cancer patients at risk of recurrence. Experts stress safety and that high vitamin A doses are harmful. Advances include drug combinations post-surgery for breast cancer, tumor markers guiding therapy, team-based care, and 20 cancer centers expanding prevention and treatment. Progress is slow but ongoing with basic research and new drugs in pipeline.
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New York
Nea
Michael B. Sporn
National Cancer Institute
George R. Prout Jr
Massachusetts General Hospital
Harvard Medical School
Sporn
Italy
United States
Lewis Thomas
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
C. Gordon Zubrod
Florida Comprehensive Cancer Center
Miami
Frank J. Rauscher
American Cancer Society
Dr. Thomas
Rauscher
Gerald Bodey
University of Texas Cancer Research System
Zubrod
Saul A. Schepartz
Division of Cancer Treatment
Thomas
Bodey
Texas
Newspaper Enterprise Assn