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US 9,194,872 B2Granted
Potentiation of nanopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy by inhibitors of leukemia inhibitory factor
AssigneeChang Gung University
InventorsYu-Sun Chang, Shu-Chen Liu, Ngan-Ming Tsang
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Abstract
A method for evaluation of cancer diagnosis following cancer radiotherapy, comprising: providing a serum sample of a cancer patient prior to the cancer radiotherapy; and measuring a leukemia inhibitory factor concentration in the serum sample. Also provided is a method for potentiation of cancer radiotherapy, comprising: administrating a leukemia inhibitory factor inhibitor or a leukemia inhibitory factor receptor inhibitor to a subject in need of the cancer radiotherapy.
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A method for
- enhancing the sensitivity of nasopharyngeal cancer to radiation therapy comprising administering a sensitivity potentiating amount of a leukemia inhibitory factor inhibitor to the subject prior to irradiation.
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