Impotence drugs may help fight cancer

Published December 15, 2006 5:00am ET



Viagra turns the immune system on ? to cancer.

Sildenafil ? Viagra and other “impotence drugs” that can produce an erection ? also shows promise in unmasking cancer cells so the immune system can recognize and attack them, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center found.

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