Cut the nerve supply to tumours with old drugs
Nerves feed pancreatic, prostate, and other tumours. Beta-blockers and botulinum toxin are cheap, safe, and already in trials to see if severing that link slows cancer.
Propranolol reduced proliferation markers in window trials; denervation slowed gastric cancer in mice; perampanel targets glioma synapses; perineural invasion is a strong prognostic factor.
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