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Existing cardiac drug helps keep cancer from spreading | An existing cardiac drug (Digoxin) has now been found to reduce the risk of metastasis by dissolving circulating clusters of breast cancer cells in patients.


One of cancer’s deadliest tricks is its ability to spread to other organs. An existing cardiac drug has now been found to reduce the risk of metastasis by dissolving circulating clusters of breast cancer cells in patients.

An existing cardiac drug has now been found to reduce the risk of metastasis by dissolving circulating clusters of breast cancer cells in patients. “Breast cancer metastasis depends on CTC clusters,” said Nicola Aceto, principal investigator on the study. In future, the researchers plan to develop other versions of the digoxin molecule that might be even more effective, and expand the study to other types of cancers that are prone to metastasizing.

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