Patent ID: 8232253

Claim:
A method of treating a human afflicted with lung cancer, comprising administering to the human an effective amount of FTS or an analog thereof as represented by the formula: wherein R 1 represents farnesyl or geranyl-geranyl; R 2 represents the groups COOR 7 , CONR 7 R 8 , wherein R 7 and R 8 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl or alkenyl, and COOM wherein M is a cation; R 3 , R 4 , R 5 and R 6 are each independently hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkoxy, halo, trifluoromethyl, trifluoromethoxy, or alkylmercapto; and X represents S; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a chemotherapeutic agent selected from the group consisting of gemcitabine.