METHOD OF TREATING CANCERS AND A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION THAT MAY BE USED IN PRACTICING SAID METHOD

摘要

The method of treating a person having a cancer selected from carcinoma, sarcoma or hematopoietic cancer by administering (a) an effective amount of at least one anti-cancer drug selected from the group consisting of an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) inhibitor, a vascular endothelial growth factor receptor (VEGFR) inhibitor and a Raf kinase inhibitor and (b) an effective amount of 5-(4-(6-(4-amino-3,5-dimethyl-phenoxy)-1-methyl-1H-benzimidazol-2-ylmethoxy)-benzyl)-thiazolidine-2,4-dione.dihydrochloride provided that said carcinoma is not lung cancer when an EGFR inhibitor is erlotinib. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition that may be used in practicing said method.