Postoperative treatment of carcinoma patients
OwnerDavide R. Grassettiinventor
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Abstract
Cancer patients following surgery are treated to lessen pain, induce a feeling of well-being and increase appetite by administering to the mammal an effective dosage of a non-toxic dithiobis-heterocyclic compound, belonging to the class of thione-forming disulfides, such as 6,6'-dithiodinicotinic acid (CPDS) which is capable of preferentially reacting with peripheral rather than intracellular sulfhydryl groups. In addition to this blocking effect, treatment with compounds of this type also has the effect of modifying the electric charge of cell surfaces. This blocking of peripheral sulfhydryl groups is not accompanied by toxic effects in laboratory mammals or in man.
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The method of lessening the pains and increasing the well-being of patients with carcinomas or undifferentiated neoplasias, which comprises administering to said patients, after surgery, an effective amount of a compound having a structure ##STR6##
The method of lessening the pains and increasing the well-being of patients with carcinomas or undifferentiated neoplasias, which comprises administering to said patients, after surgery, an effective amount of 6,6'-dithiodinicotinic acid.
The method of treating carcinoma patients after surgery for carcinoma to lessen pain, induce a feeling of well-being and increase appetite which comprises orally administering to the patients an effective amount of 6,6'-dithiodinicotinic acid.
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