Antidepressant drug could be key to beating prostate cancer

Antidepressants could be key to beating prostate cancer, experts have revealed.

They found an “old” drug helped stop the disease spreading to the bones — a major cause of death in those men diagnosed with the most common form of male cancer.

In nine out of 10 fatal cases of prostate cancer, the disease spreads to the bones.

Now, a team of scientists believe they have discovered exactly how the cancer cells are able to hijack the body’s bone maintenance system.

Having made the discovery, Dr. Jason Wu and his team at Washington State University found a known antidepressant drug, used in research, can halt the process.

“Our findings provide a rationale to pursue the use of these ‘old’ antidepressant drugs to benefit late-stage prostate cancer patients with signs and symptoms of metastasis,” he said.

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