Patent ID: 6653335
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method for treating breast cancer in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a benzimidazole compound of the formula: wherein,X is hydrogen, halogen, alkyl of less than 7 carbon atoms, or alkoxy of less than 7 carbon atoms; n is a positive integer of less than 4; Y is hydrogen, chloro, nitro, methyl, ethyl, or oxychloro; R is hydrogen, an alkyl group of from 1 to 8 carbon atoms, or alkylaminocarbonyl wherein the alkyl group has from 3 to 6 carbon atoms; and R2 is NHCOOR1, wherein R1 is an aliphatic hydrocarbon of less than 7 carbon atoms; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or mixtures thereof,wherein the breast cancer had survived treatment with another anticancer agent prior to treatment with the benzimidazole.