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Anti-depressant repurposed to treat childhood cancer – Medical Xpress

A new study has found that a commonly prescribed antidepressant may halt growth of a type of cancer known as childhood sarcoma, at least in mice and laboratory…

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A new study has found that a commonly prescribed antidepressant may halt growth of a type of cancer known as childhood sarcoma, at least in mice and laboratory cell experiments. The findings, from researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and MD Anderson Cancer Center in Texas, ignite hope of novel treatment strategies against this disease. The study is published in the journal Cancer Research.
“Although this study was done in mice and we do not yet know how translatable the results are to…

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