Posted on 03/26/2010 3:08:26 PM PDT by decimon
Blood pressure drugs may be able to reduce the ability of breast cancer to spread around the body, researchers have told a European conference.
A joint UK and German study found that cancer patients taking beta-blockers had a lower risk of dying.
The drugs may block hormones that trigger the spread of cancer cells.
However, experts stressed that more evidence from bigger studies would be needed before the drug could be given as part of routine treatment.
Breast cancer, which affects more than 30,000 people in the UK each year, is most easily tackled when tumours are confined to the breast only.
When cancer cells migrate to other parts of the body, and start growing, a process known as metastasis, the likelihood of successful treatment begins to fall.
The biological processes which trigger metastasis are still not fully understood.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
Carcinoma non grata ping.
I think i saw this on House once....
thanks decimon
As one of my Pharmacology professors in Medical School said again and again, “Drugs have multiple effects.”
There are more things in body chemistry,
Than are dreamt of in your pharmacology. ;-)
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