On several fronts, including hematologic malignancies, the concept has reached clinical trials, where appreciation of the in vivo hurdles is leading to new approaches for delivery of this new magic bullet. Drug therapy for chronic myeloid leukemia August 1999. National Guideline Clearinghouse. Killing Cancer May 1998. U.S. News online.
New drugs can cure mice, thanks to advances in understanding the disease's basic biology.
But cures for people are still years away. Journal of Clinical Oncology. A new prognostic score for survival of patients with chronic myeloid leukemia treated with interferon alfa 1998. Journal of the National Cancer Institute. A meta-analysis was conducted to develop a reliable prognostic scoring system for estimation of survival of patients with CML treated with interferon alfa.