THEY say that a rumour grows as it goes. So it was when Â鶹´«Ã½ broke a story in January about a drug called dichloroacetate, or DCA, that showed promise in animal studies of cancer. Within weeks, blogs and web chatrooms were buzzing with discussions touting DCA as a new cure for human cancer, and in their desperation some people with cancer began to locate DCA for themselves and take it (see “When all else fails”).
The drug may yet live up to its promise as an anti-cancer agent – clinical trials are expected to start soon. It may…
