Scatter factor/hepatocyte growth factor antagonist NK4 for the treatment of glioma

摘要

A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a tumor derived from glia cells of the central nervous system (CNS) of a patient, characterized in that the composition contains a pharmaceutically acceptable amount of a fragment of the hepatocyte growth factor, the fragment consisting of the N-terminal hairpin domain and the four kringle domains of the hepatocyte growth factor alpha-chain.