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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jonathan W Nyce, Greenville, NC (US);
Assignee:
East Carolina University, Greenville, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514178 ; 514 99 ; 514102 ; 514121 ; 514171 ; 514172 ; 514690 ;
Abstract
A method of combatting cancer in a subject comprising administering to said subject dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) or an analog thereof in an amount effective to combat cancer is disclosed in which heart failure induced by the DHEA or analog thereof is combatted by administering to the subject a ubiquinone, in an amount effective to combat heart failure induced by the DHEA or analog thereof. A prefered DHEA analog for carrying out the invention is 16 alpha-fluoroepiandrosterone, and a preferred ubiquinone for carrying out the invention is Coenzyme Q.sub.10.