Research: Breast drug for prostate

A breast cancer drug could be used to stop prostate cancer returning, a study has found. The drug acts by stopping tumours carrying out repairs to their own DNA, causing the cancer to become weak and die. One prostate cancer treatment is through therapy that reduces hormones which encourage the growth of cancer cells – but this also stimulates a repair mechanism that can lead to surviving cells becoming more aggressive. Researchers found that breast cancer drugs called PARP inhibitors, used with anti-hormone treatment, can stop the repair.

Adelaide Advertiser, 06/09/2017, Page 12

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