METHODS AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER

摘要

The present invention relates to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of cancer. In particular one aspect of the present invention relates to a method of the treatment of cancer in a patient in need thereof comprising the steps of i) determining the expression level of NTS and/or NTSR1 in tumor sample obtained from the patient, ii) comparing the expression level determined at step i) with a predetermined reference value and iii) administering the patient with a therapeutically effective amount of at least one HER inhibitor when the expression level determined at step i) is higher than the predetermined reference level.