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Misetionamide shows promising antitumor effects in ovarian cancer, preclinical study shows

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Misetionamide, a tumor cell-selective small molecule drug that is broadly active in multiple cancer models, demonstrated excellent monotherapy results as well as synergistic activity with PARP inhibitors and bevacizumab antineoplastic in ovarian cancer in a recent preclinical study.

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