New Research Indicates Tumor Treatment Helpful With Lung Cancer

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Avastin, a cancer therapy approved a year ago to treat colon tumors, also helps prolong life in lung cancer patients, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) announced Monday.The news is the latest of several recent advances in lung cancer, which kills nearly 164,000 a year in the USA, more than any other cancer.Avastin, made by Genentech of South San Francisco, belongs to a class of drugs called angiogenesis inhibitors.

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