Patent ID: 8377985

Claim:
A method of treating a cancer comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising a compound of formula (Ia) wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 are, independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, amino, nitro, iodo, bromo, fluoro, chloro, (C 1 -C 6 ) alkyl, (C 1 -C 6 ) alkoxy, (C 3 -C 7 ) cycloalkyl, and phenyl, wherein at least two of the five R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 4 , and R 5 substituents are always hydrogen, at least one of the five substituents are always nitro, and at least one substituent positioned adjacent to a nitro is always iodo, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate, thereof, wherein said cancer is bone cancer, and wherein said bone cancer is not a bone metastasis cancer or leukemia originating in bone marrow.