Heart Drug May Be a Cancer Fighter

January 8, 2009

Digoxin, used to treat heart failure, slowed cell growth, study says

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They identified 20 drugs that reduced HIF-1 by more than 88 percent; more

than half are used to treat heart failure. The researchers then looked

specifically at digoxin because it is commonly used and its side effects are

well-documented. ...

" In one long-term follow-up of 175 breast cancer patients, those taking

digitalis drugs had a 6 percent death rate, compared with 34 percent among

those not taking these drugs. Another study of more than 9,000 patients

taking digoxin found an association between high levels of the drug and a

lower risk of leukemia and lymphoma and kidney and urinary tract cancers,

according to the study. "

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