Drug Now Used to Treat Erectile Dysfuncton May Enhance Delivery of Herceptin to Certain Brain Tumors, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center Study

ScienceDaily (May 7, 2010) — New research by scientists at Cedars-Sinai’s Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute suggests that a drug currently approved to treat erectile dysfunction may significantly enhance the delivery of the anti-cancer drug Herceptin to certain hard-to-treat brain tumors. The research, published in the journal PLoS ONE, could help doctors improve treatments for lung and breast cancers that have metastasized to the brain.

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