Patent ID: 7405200

Claim:
A method of treating precancerous conditions in the cervix and vagina, or cancer in the cervix or vagina in a patient in need of treatment thereof, comprising: administering to said patient an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising at least one substance with oxytocin activity, wherein said at least one substance with oxytocin activity is of the formula: or a salt thereof, wherein: X 1 is Cys, Mpa or nothing; X 2 is Tyr, (O-Methyl)Tyr, Phe or nothing; X 3 is Ile, Val, Hoph, Phe, Cha or nothing; X 4 is Gln, Ser, Thr, Cit, Arg or Daba; X 5 is Pro or nothing; X 6 is Ile, Leu, Val, Hos, Daba, Thr, Arg, Cit or nothing; X 7 is Gly, Ala or nothing; X 8 is Gly or nothing; and X 9 is CH 2 or S; wherein the term “nothing” indicates that the letters X 1 X 2 X 3 X 4 X 5 X 6 X 7 and X 8 respectively have no meaning or represent a bond and that there is a direct bond between the letters, atom, or group situated to the right and to the left, respectiveiy, of the letter designated “nothing”.