Inventors:
Glendon John Parker - Salt Lake City UT, US
International Classification:
A61K 38/20
A61K 31/404
A61K 38/21
A61K 31/70
US Classification:
424 852, 514414, 424 857, 514 23
Abstract:
Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) exhibits unpredictable behavior, high recurrence rate, insensitivity to Positron-Emission Tomography (PET), and poor response to existing cancer treatments such as chemotherapy. Inhibition of glycogenolysis can restrict RCC tumor growth and increase its susceptibility to other treatments, in particular, those that compromise access to nutrient, such as anti-angiogenenic compounds. This can also increase uptake of glucose derivatives and thus increase sensitivity of PET. Reduction of glycogen stores within RCC through treatment with iron-salts can also reduce tumor growth rate through reducing activation of the hypoxia pathway. Thus, synergistic treatment of RCC with glycogenolysis inhibitors or inhibitors of glycogenosis, and/or in combination with anti-angiogenic compounds, can increase sensitivity of tumor detection, slow tumor formation and/or metastasis.