Research Article: Novel Compound Halts Tumor Spread, Improves Brain Cancer Treatment in Animal Studies

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Novel Compound Halts Tumor Spread, Improves Brain Cancer Treatment in Animal Studies

By stopping the spread of cancer cells into normal brain tissue in animal models, researchers from Georgia Tech and Emory University have developed a new strategy for treating brain cancer that could improve clinical outcomes. The researchers treated animals possessing an invasive tumor with a novel molecule called imipramine blue, followed by conventional doxorubicin chemotherapy. The tumors ceased their invasion of healthy tissue and the animals survived longer than animals treated with chemotherapy alone.

Source: Novel Compound Halts Tumor Spread, Improves Brain Cancer Treatment in Animal Studies