Combination methods of treating cancer
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1. A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a first amount of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) represented by the structure:
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and a second amount of an anti-cancer agent, thereby treating the cancer.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, by administering to a subject in need thereof a first amount of a histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, in a first treatment procedure, and a second amount of an anti-cancer agent in a second treatment procedure. The first and second amounts together comprise a therapeutically effective amount. The effect of the HDAC inhibitor and the anti-cancer agent may be additive or synergistic.
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1. A method of treating cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject a first amount of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) represented by the structure:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and a second amount of an anti-cancer agent, thereby treating the cancer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 33, 34, 50, 51)
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106. A method of selectively inducing terminal differentiation of neoplastic cells in a subject and thereby inhibiting proliferation of said cells in said subject, said method comprising administering to said subject a first amount of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) represented by the structure:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and a second amount of an anti-cancer agent, thereby inducing terminal differentiation of said cells.
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109. An in-vitro method of selectively inducing terminal differentiation of neoplastic cells and thereby inhibiting proliferation of said cells, said method comprising contacting the cells with a first amount of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) represented by the structure:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and a second amount of an anti-cancer agent, thereby inducing terminal differentiation of said cells.
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112. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a first amount of suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid (SAHA) represented by the structure:
or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof, and a second amount of an anti-cancer agent.
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