Treatment of cancer with 2-deoxyglucose
AssigneeThreshold Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
InventorGeorge Tidmarsh
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Abstract
The compound 2-deoxyglucose can be used to treat cancer and to improve patient outcome when administered at a therapeutically effective dose, and, optionally, co-administered with other anti-cancer drugs, or in combination with surgical resection or radiation therapy.
Claims20
A method of treating cancer, which method comprises administering to a mammal in need of treatment for a cancer a therapeutically effective dose of 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), said therapeutically effective dose obtained by administering 2-DG at a frequency greater than one day per week.
A pharmaceutically acceptable formulation of 2-DG that comprises 2-DG and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
A method of treating cancer, which method comprises administering to a mammal a therapeutically effective dose of 2-DG in combination with another anti-cancer agent.
The method of claim 20, wherein said anti-cancer agent is selected from the group consisting of docetaxel, paclitaxel, cisplatin, and carboplatin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.