A method of treating a disease associated with the CSF-1R kinase signaling pathway in a mammal, comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of the compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to the mammal in need of the treatment of the disease, wherein the disease associated with the CSF-1R kinase signaling pathway is CSF-1/CSF-1R-dependent leukemia, giant cell tumor of tendon sheath, or TAMs-enriched colorectal cancer, the TAMs-enriched colorectal cancer is a colorectal tumor that, at its invasive front, is determined to express any one of CD14, CD11c, CD68, CD11b, CSFIR, CSF1, CD115, CD206, PPARG, ARG1, CD163, CD301, Dectin-1, PDL2, Fizz1, CD204, PD-L1, Arginase-I, YM1, MGL2, Osteopontin, MMPs and CCR2 at 130% or more of the expression level of the corresponding surface marker in a peri-cancerous tissue,