Editorial: Drug Repurposing for Cancer Treatment: Current and Future Directions

Overview

Journal Front Oncol

Specialty Oncology

Date 2025 Feb 27

PMID 40012550

Authors

Marios Lampros

Nikolaos Vlachos

Georgios D Lianos

Christina Bali

George A Alexiou

Affiliations

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