Claims
- 1. A sex steroid activity inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of: ##STR37##
- 2. A sex steroid activity inhibiting compound selected from the group consisting of: ##STR38## wherein R.sup.3 and R.sup.17 are independently selected from the group consisting of H-- and ##STR39##
- 3. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of sex steroid inhibiting compound of claim 1.
- 4. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or carrier and a therapeutically effective amount of sex steroid inhibiting compound of claim 2.
- 5. A method for treating breast cancer in a human or other warm blooded patient in need of such treatment, said method comprising administering to said patient, with or without additional carrier or diluent, a therapeutically effective amount of the sex steroid activity inhibiting compound of claim 1.
- 6. A method for treating breast cancer in a human or other warm blooded patient in need of such treatment, said method comprising administering to said patient, with or without additional carrier or diluent, a therapeutically effective amount of the sex steroid activity inhibiting compound of claim 2.
RELATED APPLICATIONS
This application is a division of application Ser. No. 08/017,045, filed Feb. 12, 1993, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,631,249, which is in turn a division of application Ser. No. 917,915 filed Jul. 21, 1992 now U.S. Pat. No. 5,204,337, which is in turn a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/377,010 filed Jul. 7, 1985, abandoned, which is in turn continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/322,154 filed Mar. 10, 1989, now abandoned, and of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/265,716 filed Nov. 1, 1988, now abandoned, and of U.S. application Ser. No. 07/265,150 filed Oct. 31, 1988, now abandoned, the disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.
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