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Researches Say Hydroxychloroquine Can Help Treat Cancer

March 14, 2012 By Malaria.com Leave a Comment

Researchers say a drug commonly used to treat malaria and rheumatoid arthritis has also proved effective in treating some aggressive cancers.   When scientists administered hydroxychloroquine, an anti-malarial drug, together with known cancer drugs, they found it stopped the growth of cancerous tumors in two-thirds of the patients. Scientists know that human cancer cells grow by getting energy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malaria News Tagged With: Autophagy, Cancer, Dr. Davide Ruggero, Dr. Ravi Amaravadi, Hydroxychloroquine, Melanoma, Temsirolimus, UCSF, University of California San Francisco, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

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