Patent ID: 7151099
Filing Date: 2006-12-19
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
1. A method of treating abdominal cancer comprising performing a surgery on a patient's abdomen by forming a surgical opening in said patient's abdomen, surgically removing a cancerous tumor from the patient's abdomen through the surgical opening, and closing said surgical opening, the method including a step of administering taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof to the patient's abdomen prior to said closing of said surgical opening and after said surgically removing said cancerous tumor, so as to treat cancer in the patient's abdomen, further including a step of additionally administering taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof to said patient after said closing said surgical opening wherein, after closing said surgical opening, said taurolidine, taurultam or mixture thereof is administered to said patient by installation or intravenous infusion, further including the step of additionally administering taurolidine, taurultam or a mixture thereof to said patient prior to forming said surgical opening in said patient's abdomen.