Repurposing Disulfiram as an Anti-Cancer Agent: Updated Review on Literature and Patents.

CONCLUSION: For years the FDA-approved, well-tolerated, inexpensive, orally-administered drug Disulfiram was used in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, but it has recently demonstrated anti-cancer effects in a range of solid and hematological malignancies. Its combination with clinically relevant copper concentrations might overcome the resistance of many anti-cancer drugs in vitro, in vivo, and in patients. PMID: 31084595 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Recent Patents on Anti-Cancer Drug Discovery - Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Recent Pat Anticancer Drug Discov Source Type: research