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This common arthritis drug may cure skin cancer

<p>Combining the treatment for the most deadly form of skin cancer with a common anti-rheumatic drug could provide more effective results, new research has shown</p>

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Combining the treatment for the most deadly form of skin cancer with a common anti-rheumatic drug could provide more effective results, new research has shown. The findings showed that using "leflunomide" -- an immunosuppressive drug approved for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis -- in combination with another melanoma drug, selumetinib almost completely stopped the growth of a melanoma tumour in mice.

Arthritis drug may be new hope for skin cancer

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