Claims
- 1. A method for treating breast cancer in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising administering to a patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a benzimidazole compound of the formula:
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein said benzimidazole compound has the formula:
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein said pharmaceutically acceptable salt is a hydrochloride salt.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein said benzimidazole compound is in the form of a parenteral composition suitable for administration by injection.
- 5. A method for treating breast cancer in a patient in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising 2-(methoxycarbonylamino)benzimidazole wherein the breast cancer had survived treatment with another anticancer agent prior to treatment with the benzimidazole.
- 6. The method of claim 5 wherein said 2-(methoxycarbonylamino)benzimidazole is in the form of a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein said pharmaceutically acceptable salt is a hydrochloride salt.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 10/106,429, filed Mar. 26, 2002, which is a continuation of U.S. Ser. No. 09/748,651, filed Dec. 22, 2000, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,362,207 issued Mar. 26, 2002, which is a divisional application of U.S. Ser. No. 09/264,942, filed Mar. 9, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,262,093, which is a continuation-in-part application of U.S. Ser. No. 08/927,550, filed Sep. 6, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,880,144, which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 08/771,193, filed Dec. 20, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,767,138, and which is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 08/420,914, filed Apr. 12, 1995, now abandoned. Application U.S. Ser. No. 09/264,942 is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/081,384, filed May 19, 1998, now abandoned, and also a continuation-in-part of U.S. Ser. No. 09/081,627, filed May 19, 1998, now abandoned.
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