Drug now used to treat erectile dysfuncton may enhance delivery of herceptin to certain brain tumors
Friday, May 7, 2010 - 17:30
in Health & Medicine
New research by scientists at Cedars-Sinai's Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute suggests that a drug currently approved to treat erectile dysfunction may significantly enhance the delivery of the anti-cancer drug Herceptin to certain hard-to-treat brain tumors. The research, published in the journal PLoS ONE, could help doctors improve treatments for lung and breast cancers that have metastasized to the brain.