Zoledronic acid directly suppresses cell proliferation and induces apoptosis in highly tumorigenic prostate and breast cancers

Hussain Almubarak¹, Antonia Jones¹, Risa Chaisuparat², Ming Zhang¹, Timothy F Meiller¹, Mark A Scheper^1
1 University of Maryland and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, 650 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
² Chulalongkorn University, 254 Phyathai Rd., Patumwan, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand

Correspondence Address:
Mark A Scheper
University of Maryland and the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center, 650 W. Baltimore St., Baltimore, MD 21201
USA

Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None

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