Asthma Drug Used to Enhance Ovarian and Lung Cancer Treatment

12.09.2010

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Prof. Avraham Amsterdam
 
Prof. Avraham Amsterdam revealed that theophylline, a widely used asthma drug, makes ovarian and lung cancer cells more vulnerable to common anticancer medications.
 

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Clinical trials in which theophylline is administered to lung cancer patients in combination with cancer drugs are under way at the Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center.
 

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