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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 15, 2014
Filed:
May. 21, 2010
Applicant:
Toshinori Oka, Tokushima, JP;
Inventor:
Toshinori Oka, Tokushima, JP;
Assignee:
Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/555 (2006.01); A61K 31/505 (2006.01); A61K 31/34 (2006.01); A61K 31/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides an antitumor agent comprising cisplatin and a combination drug of tegafur/gimeracil/oteracil potassium that ensures an excellent life-prolongation effect in advanced gastric cancer patients that is superior to that of the standard therapy in Europe and the U.S. using an agent that contains 5-FU and does not contain a dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase inhibitor, by way of selecting the patients based on dihydropyrimidine dehydrogenase.