The present invention relates to a method for assessing the sensitivity of a patient's cancer to treatment with 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin and a method for selecting a patient for treatment of cancer with 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin, by determining the amount of a selected polypeptide expressed by the cancer and comparing the amount with the amount of the selected polypeptide expressed by a reference cancer, wherein the polypeptide includes a member of folate pathways within cells and may include at least one of reduced folate carrier-1 enzyme (RFC-1), dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR), folylpoly-gamma-glutamate synthetase (FPGS), thymidylate synthase (TS), γ-glutamyl hydrolase (GGH), and glycinamide ribonucleotide formyltransferase (GARFT). The present invention also relates to the use of 10-propargyl-10-deazaaminopterin in the treatment of multiple myeloma.
本发明涉及一种评估患者癌症对10-
丙炔基-10-脱氮基
氨甲喋呤治疗敏感性的方法,以及一种通过确定癌细胞表达的特定
多肽的数量并将其与参考癌症表达的特定
多肽的数量进行比较来选择癌症患者进行10-
丙炔基-10-脱氮基
氨甲喋呤治疗的方法,其中
多肽包括细胞内叶酸途径成员之一,可能包括至少一种还原型叶酸载体-1酶(RFC-1)、二氢叶酸还原酶(DHFR)、叶酰聚-γ-谷
氨酰合酶(F
PGS)、胸腺
嘧啶合成酶(
TS)、γ-谷
氨酰
水解酶(GGH)和甘
氨酰核苷酸甲酰转移酶(GARFT)。本发明还涉及使用10-
丙炔基-10-脱氮基
氨甲喋呤治疗多发性骨髓瘤的方法。