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​ Sodium channels in breast cancer cells promising target for treatment

12 Aug 2024 by Ted Escobedo   1 min read

A new study on live tissue cells is the first to reveal how channels that allow sodium to enter breast cancer cells enable tumors to grow and spread.
The discovery adds to evidence which suggests treating breast cancer patients with sodium channel blockers could be a promising future treatment to prevent the spread of cancer during the gap between diagnosis and surgery.
The research team from the universities of York, Cambridge, Nottingham, Aberdeen, Imperial College London and the Institute of Cancer Research, London, looked at tissue samples from more than 1500 breast cancer patients from the tissue bank of the charity Breast Cancer Now.
Know more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/07/2407...

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