Next Generation Lipophilic Bisphosphonate Shows Antitumor Effect in Colorectal Cancer In Vitro and In Vivo

Bisphosphonates, despite proven antitumor effect in vitro in many tumor types, are currently used only for treatment of osteoporosis and bone metastasis. Colorectal cancer is the third most commonly diagnosed type of cancer and lacks targeted therapy for RAS or RAF mutation carrying cases. A new lipophilic bisphosphonate showed promising results in lung cancer models, but their effect on colorectal cancer cells was not investigated excessively....