Inhibition of trauma-induced tumor growth
US5504069A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 11, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 2, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 11, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K38/31
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A method for inhibiting in a mammal the accelerated growth of a solid primary or metastatic tumor resulting from tissue trauma caused surgically, non-surgically, or by tissue ulceration, which method comprises the step of administering to the mammal a therapeutically effective amount of somatostatin or a somatostatin agonist.
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