Beta-blockers could enhance chemotherapies for childhood cancer
- OPACC
- May 27, 2013
- 1 min read
Beta-blockers could be used to enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapies for treating neuroblastoma.
The disease is a type of children’s cancer and a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer found that three beta-blockers (carvedilol, nebivolol and propranolol were able to slow the growth of neuroblastoma cancer cells.
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