Local anaesthetic shows promise in blocking childhood cancer spread, study finds

Researchers investigating neuroblastoma – a cancer that primarily affects babies and children under five – have discovered that tetracaine, a long‑established local anaesthetic, can significantly suppress the cancer cells’ ability to invade surrounding tissue in laboratory experiments.

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