Sylvester researchers target treatment-resistant prostate cancer with oral chemo in preclinical study

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Researchers at Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine have developed an orally administered drug to disrupt prostate cancer cells’ metabolism and deliver the chemotherapy agent cisplatin directly into treatment-resistant prostate cancer cells.

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