摘要 |
The present invention provides, inter alia, methods for treating or ameliorating an effect of a solid tumor present in a non-human animal. These methods include administering intratumorally to the non-human animal a unit dose of C. novyi, preferably C. novyi NT, colony forming units (CFUs), which contains about 1 x 106-1 x 1010 CFUs suspended in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or solution. Methods for debulking a solid tumor present in a non-human animal, a method for microscopically precise excision of tumor cells in a non-human animal, methods for treating or ameliorating an effect of a solid tumor that has metastasized to one or more sites in a non-human animal, methods for ablating a solid tumor present in a non-human animal, unit doses of C. novyi, preferably C. novyi NT, CFUs, and kits for treating or ameliorating an effect of a solid tumor present in a non-human animal are also provided. |