Sodium channel-inhibiting drugs and cancer-specific survival: a population-based study of electronic primary care data

Objectives Antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic drugs inhibit voltage-gated sodium (Na+) channels (VGSCs), and preclinical studies show that these medications reduce tumour growth, invasion and metastasis. We investigated the association between VGSC inhibitor use and survival in patients with breast, b...

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Main Authors: Tim Doran, Caroline Fairhurst, Ian Watt, Fabiola Martin, Martin Bland, William J Brackenbury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2023-02-01
Series:BMJ Open
Online Access:https://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/13/2/e064376.full