A low dose of nitroglycerin may treat and slow the progression of prostate cancer, a new study has found. A two-year study of 29 men found that all but one who completed the study had a stabilizing or decrease in their PSA levels. Researchers say they plan to start broader clinical trials on men in 2010.
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