This invention concerns a method for selecting an inhibitor of a cancer-implicated pathway or of a component of a cancer-implicated pathway for coadministration, with an inhibitor of HSP90, to a subject suffering from a cancer which comprises the following steps:
(a) contacting a sample containing cancer cells from a subject with an inhibitor of HSP90 or an analog, homolog or derivative of an inhibitor of HSP90 under conditions such that one or more cancer pathway components present in the sample bind to the HSP90 inhibitor or the analog, homolog or derivative of the HSP90 inhibitor;
(b) detecting pathway components bound to the HSP90 inhibitor or to the analog, homolog or derivative of the HSP90 inhibitor;
(c) analyzing the pathway components detected in step (b) so as to identify a pathway which includes the components detected in step (b) and additional components of such pathway; and
(d) selecting an inhibitor of the pathway or of a pathway component identified in step (c).
This invention further concerns a method of treating a cancer patient by coadministering an inhibitor of HSP90 and an inhibitor of a cancer-implicated pathway or component thereof.
本发明涉及一种选择癌症相关通路或癌症相关通路组分的
抑制剂的方法,用于与HSP90的
抑制剂一起共同治疗患有癌症的受试者,包括以下步骤:(a)将含有受试者的癌细胞的样本与HSP90
抑制剂或其类似物、同源物或衍
生物接触,以使样本中的一个或多个癌症通路组分与HSP90
抑制剂或其类似物、同源物或衍
生物结合;(b)检测与HSP90
抑制剂或其类似物、同源物或衍
生物结合的通路组分;(c)分析在步骤(b)中检测到的通路组分,以识别包括步骤(b)中检测到的组分和该通路的其他组分的通路;(d)选择通路或步骤(c)中识别的通路组分的
抑制剂。本发明还涉及一种通过共同给予HSP90
抑制剂和癌症相关通路或其组分的
抑制剂来治疗癌症患者的方法。