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Overview of Antabuse® (Disulfiram) in Radiation and Cancer Biology

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Abstract Antabuse®, generic name disulfiram, has been extensively used in daily clinical practice to treat alcohol abuse. In vivo and in vitro experiments have demonstrated that disulfiram was capable of… Click to show full abstract

Abstract Antabuse®, generic name disulfiram, has been extensively used in daily clinical practice to treat alcohol abuse. In vivo and in vitro experiments have demonstrated that disulfiram was capable of inhibiting tumor cell proliferation; clinical studies have indicated that the administration of this drug was associated with favorable survival, whilst in vitro experiments have elucidated the anticancer mechanism of disulfiram. In addition, radiation and cancer biology studies have shown that disulfiram can protect normal cells and sensitize tumor cells during radiotherapy. This review aims at describing the antitumor activity of disulfiram in both preclinical studies and clinical trials, whilst focusing on the advances of this drug in radiation and cancer biology, and the promise of repurposing it as a novel sensitizer to, and protector against, radiation on the incoming clinical studies.

Keywords: biology; radiation; cancer biology; radiation cancer; overview antabuse

Journal Title: Cancer Management and Research
Year Published: 2021

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