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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 05, 2001
Daniel Fernando Alonso, Ranelagh, AR;
Daniel Eduardo Gomez, Bernal, AR;
Guillermo Skilton, Quilmes, AR;
Eduardo Francisco Faríias, Buenos Aires, AR;
Elisa Dora Bal de Kier Joffé, Buenos Aires, AR;
Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, AR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of 1-deamino-8-D-arginine vasopressin (desmopressin), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof or a pharmaceutical composition containing any of them, in the preparation of a medication which minimizes metastatic dissemination during cancer surgery. Additionally, the invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same and to a method of treating a mammal in order to inhibit metastatic spread during surgical extirpation of a cancer mass.