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US 5,295,944 AGranted
Method for treating a tumor with ionizing radiation
AssigneesDana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Biopure Corporation
InventorsBeverly A. Teicher, Carl W. Rausch, Robert E. Hopkins, 2nd
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Abstract
A method is disclosed treating a tumor in a host by administering an ultrapurified polymerized hemoglobin solution to the host and thereafter administering ionizing radiation, such as X-rays, to the tumor. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the hemoglobin is bovine hemoglobin.
Claims9
A method for treating a tumor in a host with ionizing radiation, comprising:
- a) administering to said host an ultrapurified polymerized hemoglobin solution in an amount sufficient to increase the antitumor effect of said ionizing radiation;
- and,
- b) administering to said tumor an effective amount of said ionizing radiation.
In a method of treating a tumor in a mammalian host with ionizing radiation the improvement comprising:
- administering to said mammalian host, prior to treatment with said ionizing radiation, an ultrapurified bovine hemoglobin solution in an amount sufficient to increase the antitumor effect of said ionizing radiation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.