Applications for etonogestrel in preparing anti-prostate cancer products
AssigneeShanghai Jiao Tong University
InventorsYongyong Shi, Zhijian Song
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Abstract
This invention discloses uses for etonogestrel in preparing anti-prostate cancer products. This invention provides uses for etonogestrel in preparing anti-prostate cancer products. From carrying out cancer drug repositioning for the FDA- and CFDA-approved drug etonogestrel, experiments for this invention show, based on screening of non-anti-cancer drugs for various cancer cell lines (tissue types) and mutation sites, that etonogestrel has a new use as an anti-prostate cancer medication, thus achieving a new purpose for an old drug.
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A method for treating prostate cancer in a subject comprising administering an effective amount of etonogestrel to the subject.
A method of inhibiting the proliferation of prostate cancer cells comprising contacting the cells with an effective amount of etonogestrel.
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