Researchers at Sun Yat Sen University have found that Viagara can help prevent cancer and can work well with other anti-cancer drugs, Guangzhou Daily reports.

The research team, led by Professor Fu Liwu and working alongside St. John’s University in the United States, found after 19 years of research that a number of drugs can enhance up to 90% of cancer-fighting cells and these drugs include anti-impotence drugs sildenafil and tetrandine.

Research and development will continue in collaboration with a university in Sichuan.

This finding, made by the university which has campuses in Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Zhongshan, is not the first of its kind.

In 2010, lab tests on cells and mice found that when Viagara was combined with powerful chemotherapy it not only reduced the size of tumors but also protected the heart at the same time. In 2011, Viagara was also found to help fight skin cancer.