Drug Repurposing in Oncology : Current Evidence and Future Direction
Zhang, Zhenzhan ; Ji, Jianguang LU
and Liu, Hao
LU
(2020)
In Current Medicinal Chemistry
28(11).
p.2175-2194
- Abstract
BACKGROUND: Drug repurposing, the application of known drugs and compounds with a non-oncology primary purpose, might be an attractive strategy to offer more effective treatment options to patients with cancer at a low cost and reduced time.
METHODS: This review described a total of 10 kinds of non-oncological drugs from more than 100 mechanical studies as well as evidence from population-based studies. The future direction of repurposed drug screening was discussed by using patient-derived tumor organoids.
RESULTS: Many old drugs showed previously unknown effects or off-target effects and can be intelligently applied for cancer chemoprevention and therapy. The identification of repurposed drugs needs to combine evidence... (More)
BACKGROUND: Drug repurposing, the application of known drugs and compounds with a non-oncology primary purpose, might be an attractive strategy to offer more effective treatment options to patients with cancer at a low cost and reduced time.
METHODS: This review described a total of 10 kinds of non-oncological drugs from more than 100 mechanical studies as well as evidence from population-based studies. The future direction of repurposed drug screening was discussed by using patient-derived tumor organoids.
RESULTS: Many old drugs showed previously unknown effects or off-target effects and can be intelligently applied for cancer chemoprevention and therapy. The identification of repurposed drugs needs to combine evidence from mechanical studies and population-based studies. Due to the heterogeneity of cancer, patient-derived tumor organoids can be used to screen the non-oncological drugs in vitro.
CONCLUSION: These identified old drugs could be repurposed in oncology and might be added as adjuvants and finally benefit patients with cancers.
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- Zhang, Zhenzhan
; Ji, Jianguang
LU
and Liu, Hao
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2020
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- in
- Current Medicinal Chemistry
- volume
- 28
- issue
- 11
- pages
- 2175 - 2194
- publisher
- Bentham Science Publishers
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85104944304
- pmid:33109032
- ISSN
- 0929-8673
- DOI
- 10.2174/0929867327999200820124111
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- a45c7fda-0a23-4e14-b760-8ac63bd9ee5e
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