ReviewActa pharmaceutica Sinica. B2022
Repurposing non-oncology small-molecule drugs to improve cancer therapy: Current situation and future directions.
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Drug repurposing in oncology: a path beyond the bottleneck.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2025Review
- Vortioxetine: A Potential Drug for Repurposing for Glioblastoma Treatment via a Microsphere Local Delivery System.ACS biomaterials science & engineering · 2025Article
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- Clinical research framework proposal for ketogenic metabolic therapy in glioblastoma.BMC medicine · 2024Review
- Drug Repurposing for Cancer Treatment: A Comprehensive Review.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Comprehensive review of the repositioning of non-oncologic drugs for cancer immunotherapy.Medical oncology (Northwood, London, England) · 2024Review
- Drug repurposing for cancer therapy.Signal transduction and targeted therapy · 2024Review
- Advances in the Application of Photothermal Composite Scaffolds for Osteosarcoma Ablation and Bone Regeneration.ACS omega · 2023Review
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10 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Drug repurposing or repositioning has been well-known to refer to the therapeutic applications of a drug for another indication other than it was originally approved for. Repurposing non-oncology small-molecule drugs has been increasingly becoming an attractive approach to improve cancer therapy, with potentially lower overall costs and shorter timelines. Several non-oncology drugs approved by FDA have been recently reported to treat different types of human cancers, with the aid of some new emerging technologies, such as omics sequencing and artificial intelligence to overcome the bottleneck of drug repurposing. Therefore, in this review, we focus on summarizing the therapeutic potential of non-oncology drugs, including cardiovascular drugs, microbiological drugs, small-molecule antibiotics, anti-viral drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs, anti-neurodegenerative drugs, antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants, and other drugs in human cancers. We also discuss their novel potential targets and relevant signaling pathways of these old non-oncology drugs in cancer therapies. Taken together, these inspiring findings will shed new light on repurposing more non-oncology small-molecule drugs with their intricate molecular mechanisms for future cancer drug discovery.
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