Patent ID: 7056883

Claim:
A method for treating soft tissue sarcoma, comprising: administering an effective amount of a histone deacetylase inhibitor selected from the group consisting of a compound of formula (I) a thiol form of the compound of formula (I) having a reduced S—S bond, an analog of the compound of formula (I), a prodrug of the compound of formula (I), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound of formula (I), a hydrate of the compound of formula (I), an anhydrous form of the compound of formula (I), an acetylated form of the compound of formula (I), a stereoisomer of the compound of formula (I), trichostatin A, sodium butyrate, suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid, MS-275, cyclic hydroxamic acid containing peptide, Apicidin, Trapoxin and mixtures thereof; wherein the soft tissue sarcoma is synovial sarcoma.