Patent ID: 7632827

Claim:
A method for treating a tumor selected from the group consisting of hepatocellular carcinoma, nasopharyngeal carcinoma, cervical epithelioid carcinoma, and combinations thereof, in a patient in need of such treatment, comprising administering to the patient a composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of a gold(III) complex having the structure I or structure II set out below: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R 1 -R 15 are each —H; m is 1; n is 0; qX p is absent; and L is R 1 -R 15 are each —H; m is 2; n is 2+; q is 2; X p is CF 3 SO 3 − ; and L is selected from the group consisting of and each P atom is separately connected to one [Au(CNC)] + unit; R 1 -R 15 are each —H; m is 3; n is 3+; q is 3; X p is CF 3 SO 3 − ; and L is and each P atom is separately connected to one [Au(CNC)] + unit; and combinations thereof.