21.   Atrix Laboratories Inc. is testing a new cancer drug, Leuprogel, that is similar to Lupron but without the testosterone surges.

22.   Batimastat, also a cancer drug, had to repeat clinical trials after researchers encountered side effects.

23.   Belt said he had seen the new breed of cancer drugs help cure patients, usually with less-severe side effects than with traditional chemotherapy.

24.   Blocking the protein should allow cells weakened by other cancer drugs to commit a type of cell suicide known as apoptosis.

25.   - Barbara A. Wibbenmeyer of Jackson County contends that her cancer spread after treatment with diluted cancer drugs.

26.   - George and Bobbie Lou Schaffner of Raymore, Mo., contend that their daughter, Kerri Lou Schaffner, died of cancer after receiving diluted cancer drugs.

27.   A combination of Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. cancer drugs and radiation therapy can significantly improve survival rates in lung cancer patients, a new study shows.

28.   A congressional committee asked seven pharmaceutical companies on Thursday to turn over records pertaining to negotiations they had with ImClone Systems about its cancer drug, Erbitux.

29.   A congressional committee asked seven pharmaceutical companies Thursday to turn over records pertaining to negotiations they had with ImClone Systems about its cancer drug, Erbitux.

30.   A failure in that role, it came back to life as a cancer drug.