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Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2001

Filed:

Sep. 22, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Sumio Matsumoto, Nagoya, JP;

Kenichi Kobayashi, Urawa, JP;

Takashi Okamoto, Nagoya, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/348 ; A01N 4/342 ; A61K 3/147 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/348 ; A01N 4/342 ; A61K 3/147 ;
Abstract

The present invention is to a method of treating cancer in patients in need thereof with an effective amount of cimetidine. Cimetidine has been found to inhibit the expression of E-selectin, the ligands of sialyl Lewis X and sialyl Lewis A antigen-bearing cancer cells are incapable of attaching to a vascular wall. The present invention has found that cimetidine inhibits metastasis in patients whose specimens stained strongly for sialyl Lewis X and sialyl Lewis A antigens.


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