Patent ID: 8871226

Claim:
A method of treating breast, ovarian or prostate cancer in a human individual diagnosed with breast, ovarian or prostate cancer, said method comprising the steps of: (a) diagnosing Candidiasis in said human by detecting the presence of Candida infection; (b) subsequently to step (a), administering to the human diagnosed with Candidiasis a therapeutically effective amount of an anti- Candida agent selected from the group consisting of ketoconazole, fluconazole and itraconazole, wherein when said Candidiasis is due to Candida cruzii infection, said anti- Candida agent is ketoconazole or itraconazole to; and (c) subsequently to step (b), detecting a change in the breast, ovarian or prostate cancer in said human treated with said anti-Candida agent over the condition of the cancer before treatment.