Watch the Program Program Update This program was filmed during the year 2000 and covers the first clinical trials of Endostatin in human patients. As of March 2002, 120 patients have received Endostatin, with no side effects reported. There has also been enough biological effect to justify continued testing. Today, taking Endostatin is much simpler than it was when the film was produced. Many patients are self-injecting at home, as diabetics do with insulin. The next phase of testing, which will begin to assess how effective Endostatin is against cancer. After six months, Duane Gay was removed from the Endostatin clinical trial. His tumors had grown beyond the strict limit allowed by the University of Wisconsin's Endostatin protocol. He continues to battle his cancer with experimental therapies and hopes to get back on Endostatin when a new protocol is available. Watch the Program Here | Dr. Folkman Speaks | Cancer Caught on Video Designing Clinical Trials | Accidental Discoveries | How Cancer Grows Help/Resources | Transcript | Site Map | Cancer Warrior Home Editor's Picks | Previous Sites | Join Us/E-mail | TV/Web Schedule | About NOVA Watch NOVAs online | Teachers | Site Map | Shop | Search | To Print PBS Online | NOVA Online | WGBH © | Updated March 2002