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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2009
Hartmuth C. Kolb, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
Joseph C. Walsh, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Kai Chen, Rockville, MD (US);
Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter J. H. Scott, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Gang Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Vani P. Mocharla, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Hartmuth C. Kolb, Playa Del Rey, CA (US);
Joseph C. Walsh, Pacific Palisades, CA (US);
Kai Chen, Rockville, MD (US);
Dhanalakshmi Kasi, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Umesh B. Gangadharmath, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Peter J. H. Scott, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Gang Chen, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Vani P. Mocharla, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Malvern, PA (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides methods for treating cancer in a patient in need of such treatment, the method includes prequalifying a patient's therapeutic treatment by performing a molecular imaging procedure to the patient using a labeled biomarker specific for a cancer target at the tumor site; and administering a therapeutic effective amount of a compound comprising a targeting agent linked to a chemotherapeutic or a targeting agent linked to an antibody. Embodiments of the present invention also include compounds and compositions for using such methods.