Sodium channel-inhibiting drugs and cancer-specific survival: a population-based study of electronic primary care data

C Fairhurst, T Doran, F Martin, I Watt, M Bland… - BMJ open, 2023 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Objectives Antiepileptic and antiarrhythmic drugs inhibit voltage-gated sodium (Na+)
channels (VGSCs), and preclinical studies show that these medications reduce tumour …

Sodium channel-inhibiting drugs and cancer survival: protocol for a cohort study using the CPRD primary care database

C Fairhurst, F Martin, I Watt, T Doran, M Bland… - BMJ open, 2016 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Voltage-gated sodium channel (VGSC)-inhibiting drugs are commonly used to
treat epilepsy and cardiac arrhythmia. VGSCs are also widely expressed in various cancers …

Exposure to sodium channel-inhibiting drugs and cancer survival: protocol for a cohort study using the QResearch primary care database

C Fairhurst, I Watt, F Martin, M Bland… - BMJ open, 2014 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Metastasis from solid tumours is associated with significant morbidity and
mortality, and is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Voltage-gated sodium channels …

[HTML][HTML] Sodium channel-inhibiting drugs and survival of breast, colon and prostate cancer: a population-based study

C Fairhurst, I Watt, F Martin, M Bland… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Metastasis is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths. Voltage-gated sodium channels
(VGSCs) regulate invasion and metastasis. Several VGSC-inhibiting drugs reduce …

[HTML][HTML] Voltage-gated sodium channel as a target for metastatic risk reduction with re-purposed drugs

T Koltai - F1000Research, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective: To determine the exact role of sodium channel proteins in migration, invasion and
metastasis and understand the possible anti-invasion and anti-metastatic activity of …

[HTML][HTML] Ranolazine: a potential anti-metastatic drug targeting voltage-gated sodium channels

MBA Djamgoz - British Journal of Cancer, 2024 - nature.com
Background Multi-faceted evidence from a range of cancers suggests strongly that de novo
expression of voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) plays a significant role in driving …

[HTML][HTML] Inverse association between sodium channel-blocking antiepileptic drug use and cancer: data mining of spontaneous reporting and claims databases

M Takada, M Fujimoto, H Motomura… - International journal of …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose: Voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are drug targets for the treatment of
epilepsy. Recently, a decreased risk of cancer associated with sodium channel-blocking …

[HTML][HTML] Blocking channels to metastasis: targeting sodium transport in breast cancer

WJ Brackenbury, C Palmieri - Breast Cancer Research, 2023 - Springer
The development of therapies that can suppress invasion and prevent metastasis,'anti-
metastatic drugs', is an important area of unmet therapeutic need. The new results of a …

Evaluation of the anticancer and anti‐metastasis effects of novel synthetic sodium channel blockers in prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

J Wang, Z Lu, C Wu, Y Li, Y Kong, R Zhou, K Shi… - The …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background Voltage‐gated sodium channels (VGSCs) are involved in several cellular
processes related to cancer cell growth and metastasis, including adhesion, proliferation …

Voltage-gated sodium ion channels in prostate cancer: expression and activity.

M Abdul, N Hoosein - Anticancer research, 2002 - europepmc.org
Background High levels of voltage-gated sodium channels (VGSCs) have been previously
associated with the invasiveness of rat and human prostate cancer (Pca) cell lines. Materials …