Vascular Tumors

Vincristine Safe For Shrinking Tumors That Threaten Life In Infants

Published in Cancer Weekly, October 2nd, 2001

by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - The cancer therapy vincristine can be safely used to treat vascular tumors in young infants.

Although vascular tumors are a relatively frequent occurrence in young infants and are generally benign, sometimes their growth is such that they can negatively impact functioning in adjacent tissues and organs, creating life-threatening problems.

Physicians in New York City at Babies and Children's Hospital of New York who have treated an infant with such a tumor-related episode say low-dose vincristine, with properties that halt angiogenesis (inhibit vascular growth), is effective for treating these tumors when they...

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