Deadliest lung cancer breakthrough

Subject: Deadliest lung cancer breakthrough Wed Nov 11, 2009 6:17 am

A new pill that could cure one of the most lethal forms of cancer is being developed by scientists.

British researchers have found that a drug destroys tumours in a form of inoperable lung cancer that kills more than nine out of 10 sufferers.

The treatment works by blocking the growth of the cancer cells and eventually causing them to self destruct.

In more than 50 per cent of the trials, the treatment, which appears to have no side affects, killed all traces of the disease.

"We are very excited about it," said Professor Michael Seckl, the molecular oncologist who led the study at Imperial College London.

"If you get diagnosed with this cancer your chances of surviving are very small. Over the last 30 years we have made very little progress in its treatment.

"This is why this is so exciting. It is pretty unusual to see a drug that makes these tumours completely disappear."

More than 34,000 people die each year from lung cancer in the United Kingdom, the heaviest death toll of any cancer.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/6537883/Deadliest-lung-cancer-breakthrough.html

Deadliest lung cancer breakthrough

Deadliest lung cancer breakthrough

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