Potent inducers of terminal differentiation and methods of use thereof
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- SLOAN KETTERING INST FOR CANCER RES
- Publication Date
- 2004-04-20
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONThroughout this application various publications are referenced by arabic numerals within parentheses. Full citations for these publications may be found at the end of the specification immediately preceding the claims. The disclosures of these publications in their entireties are hereby incorporated by reference into this application in order to more fully describe the state of the art to which this invention pertains.Cancer is a disorder in which a population of cells has become, in varying degrees, unresponsive to the control mechanisms which normally govern proliferation and differentiation. For many years there have been two principal strategies for chemotherapeutic treatment of cancer: a) blocking hormone-dependent tumor cell proliferation by interference with the production of peripheral action of sex hormones; and b) killing cancer cells directly by exposing them to cytotoxic substances, which injure both neoplastic and normal cell populations.Rela...