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January 1994 in “Drug Development and Industrial Pharmacy” This study suggests that certain combinations of topical radioprotectors and vehicles can reduce radiation-induced hair loss in mice, with effectiveness varying by radiation dose and vehicle type.
November 2008 in “Cancer Prevention Research” This article reviews pivotal trials and recent findings in chemoprevention for breast, prostate, and colorectal cancers, emphasizing its potential and the importance of further research, public education, and partnerships, but reports no new results.
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April 2008 in “Progrès en Urologie” This article discusses the potential of finasteride as a chemopreventive agent for prostate cancer and highlights unresolved issues, but it reports no new research findings.
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May 2022 in “The FASEB journal” This article discusses the development of targeted prodrug conjugates aimed at selectively attacking cancer cells while avoiding healthy ones, but reports no experimental results yet.
184 citations
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October 2007 in “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America” This study found that sulforaphane-rich broccoli sprout extracts reduced UV-induced erythema by 37.7% in humans, suggesting a protective strategy against UVR damage.
65 citations
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October 2015 in “Acta Biomaterialia” This study found that using a pH-sensitive layered double hydroxide nanocarrier to deliver etoposide significantly reduced liver toxicity and enhanced the drug’s effectiveness in targeting and suppressing non-small cell lung cancer.
April 2023 in “Journal of Investigative Dermatology” This study found that ALRN-6924 effectively protected human hair follicles from cyclophosphamide-induced damage in an ex vivo setting, suggesting it may reduce both acute and permanent chemotherapy-induced alopecia.
87 citations
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January 1996 in “Journal of cellular biochemistry” This article discusses ongoing and planned clinical chemoprevention trials for various agents and combinations but reports no new results; it highlights promising new agents and the evolving focus on molecular pathways.
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October 2025 in “MedComm” This review discusses the development and clinical progression of PROTAC technology for targeted protein degradation, highlighting its potential to address previously "undruggable" targets but reports no new clinical results.
56 citations
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August 2011 in “Best Practice & Research Clinical Gastroenterology” Cancer prevention has progressed with successful drugs and vaccines, but challenges remain in understanding genetic changes and improving strategies.
51 citations
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January 2024 in “Nanoscale” This review highlights recent advancements in using nanotechnology to improve the function and delivery of PROTAC drugs, despite existing challenges like low solubility and poor permeability, aiming to enhance their potential in disease treatment.
18 citations
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December 2016 in “European journal of pharmacology” In this study, 12-Chloracetyl-PPD showed anti-cancer activity by inhibiting cancer cell viability and inducing apoptosis through reactive oxygen species production without harming normal cells.
7 citations
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January 2023 in “Journal of Hematology & Oncology” This review discusses how targeting protein degradation processes may help overcome cancer drug resistance, but reports no new clinical results and suggests further research for precise therapeutic strategies.
83 citations
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November 2006 in “European Journal of Neuroscience” This study found that progesterone protects rat Purkinje cells during oxygen-glucose deprivation by activating GABA A receptors through its metabolite, allopregnanolone.
December 2025 in “Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy” This study found that Melamax®, originally developed as an eco-friendly hair dye, provides significant protection against ultraviolet-induced oxidative and inflammatory damage in keratinocytes by modulating gene expression and signaling pathways, highlighting its dual potential for cosmetic coloration and skin photoprotection.
January 2017 in “Corpus Université Laval (Université Laval)” This study found that dutasteride may offer neuroprotective effects on dopaminergic neurons in an animal model of early-stage Parkinson's disease, suggesting potential therapeutic use.
6 citations
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August 2020 in “Oncology nursing forum” This systematic review reports that prophylactic minocycline and pyridoxine may reduce certain skin toxicities in cancer patients, but evidence quality for various interventions was limited and future research is needed.
45 citations
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October 2018 in “JCI Insight” In a preclinical mouse model, this study found that early treatment with the selective SYK inhibitor entospletinib significantly improved survival rates and clinical outcomes for graft-versus-host disease after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation compared to placebo.
September 2019 in “The journal of investigative dermatology/Journal of investigative dermatology” In this study, Mononuclear Cells provided site-specific protection against chemotherapy-induced alopecia in rats treated with Ara-C, but not with CTX or VP-16, while PRP showed no protective effect.
April 2026 in “Future Medicinal Chemistry” This article discusses the impact of PROTACs technology in transforming drug discovery with its novel degradation mechanism, but it reports no new experimental findings.
4 citations
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March 2012 in “Annals of oncology” In this study, a combined therapy of nicotinamide and green tea polyphenols was reported to improve EGFR inhibitor-related skin toxicity and patient quality of life, suggesting it merits further investigation.
November 2025 in “Journal of Medicinal Chemistry” This review outlines advances in topical PROTACs for localized protein degradation, focusing on AH-001 and GT20029 for skin conditions, but presents no new clinical trial results.
August 2015 in “Free Radical Biology and Medicine” This study suggests a potential link between proteasome function and nucleotide excision repair in animal models with defects in the NER pathway, with implications for ageing.
4 citations
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September 2020 in “Journal of Mind and Medical Sciences” This study synthesized a new organic sunscreen with broad photoprotective properties and demonstrated it to be non-toxic. The resultant cream, containing nanostructured lipid carriers, showed suitable application qualities and achieved a satisfactory SPF value of 16.
April 2022 in “Anti-cancer agents in medicinal chemistry” In this literature review, researchers compiled evidence on repurposed synthetic radioprotective agents, including metformin and simvastatin, that have demonstrated potential in mitigating the side effects of radiotherapy in cancer treatment.
September 2005 in “電子情報通信学会ソサイエティ大会講演論文集” This review discusses various cancer prevention strategies, summarizing established successes like tamoxifen for breast cancer and mixed outcomes of preventive trials like finasteride for prostate cancer, and reports no new results.
February 2026 in “Frontiers in Medicine” In this case report, a three-generation family with Gorlin-Goltz syndrome showed a heterozygous PTCH1 splice-donor variant associated with the disease, and two affected relatives benefited from individualized, side-effect-guided dosing of the drug sonidegib, experiencing regression of basal cell carcinoma lesions.
16 citations
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November 2011 in “Neuroscience Letters” This study reported that progesterone reduces cell death in hippocampal cultures following oxygen–glucose deprivation mainly through its conversion to allopregnanolone and the involvement of GABAA receptors.
This article discusses the various skin side effects associated with targeted cancer therapies like tyrosine kinase inhibitors and EGF-R inhibitors but provides no new clinical findings.
December 2025 in “Cosmetics” This review highlights that post-oncologic skin suffers from several impairments following cancer treatments, and dermocosmetic strategies, particularly those involving nanocarriers, can enhance the efficacy and stability of antioxidants, thereby aiding skin regeneration and improving quality of life.