Anti-inflammatory Drugs May Defeat Treatment-resistant Type Of Cancer
Wednesday, June 24, 2009 - 17:28
in Health & Medicine
Effective drugs for treating a chemotherapy-resistant form of lymphoma might already be on the market according to a study that has pieced together a chemical pathway involved in the disease. By following the trail of several molecular flags that mark this type of cancer, researchers have discovered that anti-inflammatory drugs used to treat arthritis will shrink lymphoma tumors in mice.