Cancer: Anticancer effects of alcohol abuse drug
Nature Reviews Drug Discovery 17, 96 (2018).
doi:10.1038/nrd.2018.10
Author: Sarah Crunkhorn
Although the alcohol-aversion drug disulfiram (DSF) is effective against diverse cancer types in preclinical models, its mechanism of action remains unknown. Here, Skrott et al. analysed the Danish nationwide demographic and health registries, which revealed a reduced cancer-specific mortality when the use of DSF
Source: Nature Reviews Drug Discovery - Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: Sarah Crunkhorn Tags: Research Highlight Source Type: research
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