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Scan drug 'boosts cancer therapy'

May 22, 2006

From BBC Health - May 19, 2006 23:03

A drug used to help interpret medical scans may also boost anti-cancer therapies, research suggests.

A drug used to help doctors interpret medical scans may also help to boost the potency of anti-cancer therapies, research suggests.

Mangafodipir is used as a contrast agent in hi-tech magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

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French researchers found it increased the cancer-killing ability of some chemotherapy drugs, while at the same time protecting normal cells.

Details are published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.