Repurposing Drugs in Oncology

  • Skill Levelintermediate
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Key concepts covered include:

By the end of this module you should be able to:

  • Identify that repurposing is efficient and cost-effective, assuming we can prove efficacy.
  • Be familiar with the many cancer-related mechanisms of action that nitroglycerin has.
  • Understand that reducing hypoxia with nitroglycerin can increase the therapeutic effect of existing chemo and chemoradiation protocols.
  • Understand that additional clinical trials of nitroglycerin are warranted.

What you'll learn

This module aims to enhance your understanding of issues around drug repurposing in global oncology medicine. It is based on an article published in e-cancer and was developed in partnership between e-cancer and ReDO.

Instructor

ecancer

ecancer – Oncology


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ecancer’s mission is to raise the standards of care for cancer patients across the world through education.

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Instructor

ecancer

ecancer – Oncology


4/5

ecancer’s mission is to raise the standards of care for cancer patients across the world through education.

For: intermediates
Last Updated 07/2021

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