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Research Highlights: Repurposing Common Medications to Prevent Cancer

POSTED: September 11, 2023
SOURCE: Cancer Prevention Science Blog

Two recent publications focus on widely used treatments for other diseases to evaluate possible roles in the prevention of cancer. One looked at the potential of statins, a common heart disease drug, to prevent gynecologic…

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