American Association for Cancer Research
Lab study shows methadone breaks resistance in untreatable forms of leukemia
Published in Hematology Week, August 18th, 2008
Their laboratory study, published in the August 1 issue of Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests that methadone holds promise as a new therapy for leukemia, especially in patients whose cancer no longer responds to chemotherapy and radiation.
"Methadone kills sensitive leukemia cells and also breaks treatment resistance, but without any toxic effects on non-leukemic blood cells," said the study's...
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