Patent ID: 7754693

Claim:
A method for the treatment of cancer, said method comprising the steps of: a) preparing a cocktail buffer having at least one sugar and a buffer; b) adding at least one inhibitor to said cocktail buffer having the following formula wherein X is selected from the group consisting of: a halide, sulfonate, a carboxylate, an alkoxide, and amine oxide; and R is selected from the group consisting of: OR′, N(R″) 2 , C(O)R′″, C1-C6 alkyl, C6-C12 aryl, C1-C6 heteroalkyl, a C6-C12 heteroaryl, H, and an alkali metal; where R′ represents H, alkali metal, C1-C6 alkyl, C6-C 12 aryl or C(O)R′″, R″ represents H, C1-C 6 alkyl, or C6-C12 aryl, and R′″ represents H, C1-C20 alkyl or C6-C12 aryl; forming an inhibitor cocktail buffer; c) diluting said inhibitor cocktail buffer by adding said buffer to a saline solution; and d) administering said diluted inhibitor-cocktail buffer to a patient; wherein said cancer is a cancerous tumor that is positron emission tomography (PET) positive.