Showing posts with label dasatinib. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dasatinib. Show all posts

Wednesday, August 20, 2014

Leukemia drug may slow metastasis in skin, breast and other cancers

CANCER DIGEST – Aug. 20, 2014 – A drug used to treat leukemia may be useful in slowing or halting cancer spread in other cancers, a new study shows.

The drug, Dasatinib is a type of drug called a protein tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI). Tyrosine kinases are proteins that act as chemical messengers to stimulate cancer cells to grow.