A Cautious Awe Greets Drugs that Eradicate Tumors in Mice.
Some cancer researchers say the drugs are the most exciting treatment that they have ever seen.
But then they temper their enthusiasm with caution, noting that the history of cancer treatments is full of high expectations followed by dashed hopes when drugs with remarkable effects in animals are tested in people. The story ignited the vaunted media frenzy. Not for its presentation of the medical facts, but for its audacity in putting such good news on the front page. And Kolata made it clear that the drugs had been successful thus far only in rodents. But that caveat was lost amid the article's optimism and its placement.