Jim Lehrer Transcript Researchers have found that a combination of drugs, endostatin and angiostatin, successfully shrinks cancer tumors in mice. Jim Lehrer discusses the findings with the man who will oversee the clinical trials of the drugs in humans, Dr. James Pluda of the National Cancer Institute. A RealAudio version of this segment is available. A study has shown that daily cigar smoking can cause cancer and heart disease .
Vitamin E is thought to be a potential weapon against prostate cancer .
The director of the National Cancer Institute discusses the declining numbers of certain cancers . Browse the NewsHour's coverage of Health . The National Cancer Institute . Today's cancer story has become a business, as well as a medical development. On Wall Street today, the stock of a pharmaceutical company called Entremed soared on news of a promising cancer treatment, which it has the rights to.