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Heart drug could boost breast cancer fight – PerthNow
Melbourne researchers have discovered that a drug used to manage hypertension and heart disease could greatly reduce the progression of breast cancer.
A beta-blocker used to manage heart disorders could greatly reduce the progression of breast cancer.
Researchers at Melbourne’s Monash University have discovered that carvedilol could decisively increase the odds of surviving the cancer, which kills about 3000 Australian women a year.
Carvedilol is used to manage hypertension and chemotherapy-induced heart disease.
In collaboration with a team from the Cancer Registry of Norway, the Monash researchers investigated the effects of the drug in more…
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