In a surprising development, it has emerged that a drug developed back in 1940s has a potential to treat some of the most deadly cancers.
Scientists from Institute of Cancer Research in London have discovered that methotrexate, a chemotherapy treatment invented in the 1940s, has the potential to work against a genetic fault called HNPCC.
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Cancer is one of the frequently talked about and most feared disease that falls under the genre of lifestyle diseases that have evolved, rather rapidly, in the past two decades.
Five per cent of those diagnosed with bowel cancer have the HNPCC fault - of whom nearly half would have a further defect called MSH2.
The study showed that methotrexate worked particularly well in killing cells with the MSH2 genetic fault.
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Pancreatic cancer often involves its exocrine part. It grows aggressively, and often detected late. Treatment options include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Pancreatic cancer often involves its exocrine part. It grows aggressively, and often detected late. Treatment options include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Although one of the first chemotherapies, methotrexate has not commonly been used to treat the HNPCC fault.
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