A new cancer drug might stop tumors in their tracks

[Chris Smith]

• A new type of cancer drug has shown promising results in Phase 1 trials after preventing tumor growth in more than half of patients who did not have access to any other treatment.
• Called berzosertib, the drug is part of "precision medicine" therapies that target specific genes or genetic changes.
• Berzosertib works best when combined with traditional chemotherapy. The latter destroys cancerous cells but has side effects on the entire body, and berzosertib prevents the tumor cells from healing without affecting other healthy cells.

The novel coronavirus pandemic has been on the front page for months now, as we're still figuring out how to deal with the worst health crisis in recent history. Despite all the bad news in the past few months, there has been plenty of good news as well. Doctors have learned how to fight this disease with some success, identifying drugs that work and therapies that can reduce complications. We're still not out of the woods yet, and COVID-19 might never be eradicated, but vaccine candidates have shown promise. Similarly, an increasing number of antibody-based drugs seem to block the virus in lab tests and could prove to be the treatments we need to beat the illness.

With the coronavirus pandemic running at full steam, it's easy to forget there are plenty of other severe medical conditions that deserve our attention. And some of those medical issues could lead to COVID-19 complications after infection. But researchers are still developing cures for these other diseases despite the pandemic, and we've just received great news for a massive development in the world of cancer treatments. A new drug that's in Phase 1 trials is showing great promise at halting tumor growth. What kind of tumors? All of them.

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