Valproic acid for the treatment of breast cancer, colon cancer, head and neck cancer, small cell lung carcinoma and cancer of blood cells in combination with radiation

摘要

The present invention relates to the use of the drug valproic acid and derivatives thereof as inhibitors of enzymes having histone deacetylase activity for the therapeutic treatment of human cancers in combination with established therapeutic principles. The invention also relates to the use of those compounds for the treatment of tumor metastasis and minimal residual disease. The invention includes the manufacture of a clinically used substance for the treatment of human cancers.