Please keep in mind that it is possible that new studies may prove to be erroneous by subsequent studies. Also, many study results may be controversial and not agreed upon by all researchers in the field. . That Beat Cancer Judah Folkman, a physician at Children's Hospital in Boston, after years of hard work, discovered two compounds that can cure large tumors in mice. These two compounds, angiostatin and endostatin , opened up the possibility of a new revolutionary way of cancer treatment. Tumor cells produce angiogenic factors that stimulate the growth of new capillaries that fuel the tumor's growth.
Antiangiogenic factors block the growth of new capillaries.
Without a source of blood and nutrients, the cancer cells die. The studies by Dr. Folkman are in mice. Whether the results can be reproduced in human beings remains to be seen. Nevertheless, the discovery certainly holds hope and promise for future cure of cancer in humans. He was 94.