Common anti-inflammatory drug could help prevent skin cancers, S...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health  Mon, 01/04/2010 - 23:00

(Stanford University Medical Center) A widely-available anti-inflammatory prescription drug can reduce the risk of a common skin cancer in humans, according to a researcher at Stanford's School of Medicine.

Although oral administration of the drug, celecoxib, is associated with an increased risk of heart attack and stroke in some people, it's possible that topical application could have a safer, protective effect for people prone to developing the cancers, called basal cell carcinomas, the researcher believes.

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