Ivermectin and Cancers

Ivermectin, a potential anticancer drug derived from an antiparasitic drug Mechanisms of action IVM induces different programmed cell death patterns in different tumor cells, the main form of IVM induced programmed cell death is apoptosis. Apoptosis Programmed cell death Autophagy Lysosomal-dependent form of programmed cell death. Pyroptosis Inflammatory cell death induced by inflammasomes. Kathleen T Ruddy, MD Forms of cancer Breast cancer A malignant tumor produced by gene mutation in breast epithelial cells Digestiv