title: Nicotine Diminishes Efficacy of Doxorubicin Cancer Therapy

Inhibition of apoptosis and necrosis in cancer cells by nicotine can diminish the effectiveness of doxorubicin in cancer therapy, according to an in vitro study performed at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

The anthracycline doxorubicin is used in the treatment of many types of malignancies,including breast cancer.


Source: Journal of the National Medical Association

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