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Polish scientists working on ovarian cancer cure

Polish scientists are developing medicine that may be effective in treating ovarian cancer and which may additionally show fewer side effects than currently used preparations, the Rzeczpospolita daily wrote on Thursday.

The candidate for ovarian cancer treatment, PolEpi, received positive results from tests of specimens outside the body – ex vivo testing. This, Rzeczpospolita said, may lead to efficiency studies on live animals.

“Rzeczpospolita” notes that positive feedback on the medicine was found in studies conducted by oncology therapeutics research centre Champions Oncology Inc.

“As part of the research on PolEpi, we are testing the possibility of more effective and safer oncological treatment than currently used therapies. Our goal is to develop a technology that will allow more of the active ingredient to be delivered to the cancer cells while reducing the side effects of the therapy. PolEpi is to be the answer to these challenges,” Prof Tomasz Ciach, scientist and inventor of the new medicine, told the daily.

Rzeczpospolita notes that studies conducted by oncology therapeutics research centre Champions Oncology Inc. resulted in a wealth of positive feedback.

“The results of the research conducted by Champions Oncology Inc., combined with the results of tolerance studies allow us to conclude that, compared to epirubicin hydrochloride used, among other applications, in the treatment of ovarian cancer, PolEpi has the potential to inhibit tumour growth more effectively while limiting side effects,” Prof Ciach said.

Ovarian cancer is the second most common cancer of the female reproductive organs after endometrial cancer, says onkonet.pl, a website specialising in cancer research and news. In 2020 (the latest available date – ed), there were 4,669 new cases reported in Poland, the website says.

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