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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Ruediger Stendel, Berlin, DE;
Rolf W. Pfirrmann, Lucerne, CH;
Ed. Geistlich Soehne AG fur Chemische Industrie, Wolhusen, CH;
Abstract
Methods and compositions for the treatment and/or prophylaxis and/or suppression of primary and/or secondary tumors of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord, eyes) in mammalian subjects are disclosed, wherein an effective dose of a methylol transfer agent such as Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent is administered to a mammalian subject suffering from, or at risk of growth of, tumors of the central nervous system. Furthermore, methods for local application of Taurolidine and/or Taurultam and/or a bioequivalent in solution are disclosed using microdialysis methods, irrigation methods, implantation methods and angiographic methods.