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Repurposing established drugs could prevent hundreds of cancer deaths per year
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Repurposing established drugs could prevent hundreds of cancer deaths per year
Wednesday 11 March 2020, 01:00 AM

Repurposed drugs can work together against cancer cells
CLINICAL COMMENT
Cancer spread kills about 9000 New Zealanders per year, representing a large gap that current treatments have not been able to fill. This GP wants you to know how the common drugs you have at your disposal could help patients with cancer
David Jennings
Key points, No protection is currently offered against the metastatic cascade often caused by tumour removal surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
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