A drug used to treat schizophrenia could help treat cancer, says an Australian researcher.
Sarah Ongeley from the University of New South Wales reports preliminary research on an anti-psychotic drug at this week's Australian Society for Medical Research conference in Sydney.
Epidemiological studies have found that schizophrenia patients have lower rates of cancer, especially lung cancer [than other people], even though they are more likely to smoke, says Ongeley.
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