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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new therapeutic style against cancer such as malignant melanoma and osteogenic sarcoma, and to obtain a medicinal composition for prevention (including recurrence prevention) and therapy of the cancer. SOLUTION: The use of the medicinal composition containing a pigment epithelium-derived factor (PEDF) or its variant, or a vector containing a nucleic acid molecule encoding the PEDF or the variant, and inducing apoptosis is provided. The composition can be a new medicament promising to prevent and/or treat the cancer. COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI
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