US Cancer Institute Studying Ivermectin’s ‘Ability To Kill Cancer Cells’ By Rachana Pradhan February 10, 2026

https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/ivermectin-cancer-treatment-nih-study-dewormer-offlabel-drug/ KFF Health News: US Cancer Institute Studying Ivermectin’s ‘Ability To Kill Cancer Cells’ The National Cancer Institute, the federal research agency charged with leading the war against the nation’s second-largest killer, is studying ivermectin as a potential cancer treatment, according to its top official. “There are enough reports of it, enough interest in it, that we actually did — ivermectin, in particular — did engage in sort of a better preclinical study of its properties and its ability to kill cancer cells,” said Anthony Letai, a physician the Trump administration appointed as NCI director in September. (Pradhan, 2/10)