A New Theoretical Approach for Cancer Prevention: A Novel Strategy of using Anti-Epileptic Medicines to Prevent Tumour Growth

Abstract

Epilepsy is neurological disorders that are usually exhibited by seizures. These seizures can be very short lived and barely detectable or they can be characterized by vigorous shaking that can last for a long period. The immediate trigger for epileptic seizures cannot be pinpointed despite the fact that they have the tendency to recur. Most cases of epilepsy are caused by unknown causes. The most common causes include brain tumours, birth defects caused by different teratogens this happen in what is referred to as epileptogenesis, stroke or injury to the brain. Genetic mutations may play a very small role in the occurrence of epilepsy. The cause of epileptic seizures can be traced to abnormal and excessive activity of the nerve cells in the brain cortex.Epilepsy can be controlled using medication in most cases. In most western countries, a substantial portion of the population use anti epileptic drugs, this is because the disease is a very common neurological disorder that may be chronic in nature. Due to this long term use of these drugsthere have been claims that they may be responsible for the occurrence of some forms of cancer in human beings.