Sex, viruses and cancer

(The Ottawa Hospital) A new study suggests that a common treatment for erectile dysfunction combined with the flu vaccine may be able to help the immune system mop up cancer cells left behind after surgery. The study, published in OncoImmunology, shows that this unconventional strategy can reduce the spread of cancer by more than 90 percent in a mouse model. It is now being evaluated in a world-first clinical trial.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news