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Chapter 1
The Experimental Drug

Endostatin
Folkman's lifelong quest
Phase 1 clinical trial


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Chapter 2
Starving Cancer

disadvantages of chemotherapy
a revolutionary idea
angiogenesis - blood vessel growth
resistance to Folkman's ideas


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Chapter 3
Angiogenesis in Action

turning theory into reality
capturing the mystery molecule
critics become competitors


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Chapter 4
Preventing Angiogenesis

the search for inhibitors
an accidental discovery
an early inhibitor


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Chapter 5
New Use for an Old Drug

thalidomide
the chick embryo experiment
in remission on thalidomide


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Chapter 6
How Cancer Spreads

cancer cells on the move
dormancy & angiogenic inhibitors
primary tumor control


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Chapter 7
Finding New Inhibitors

a mouse experiment
angiostatin & endostatin
a high point


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Chapter 8
Clinical Trials

from mouse to man
early results
the future


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