METHOD FOR ENHANCING EFFICACY AND SELECTIVITY OF CANCER CELL KILLING BY DNA DAMAGING AGENTS

摘要

The invention relates to the treatment of cancer using DNA damaging agents. The invention provides methods for treating a mammal with cancer, the method comprising inhibiting in the mammal acidic residue methyltransferase (Arm1) in combination with administering to the mammal a DNA damaging agent. The invention further provides pharmaceutical formulations comprising an inhibitor of acidic residue methyltransferase (Arm1) and a DNA damaging agent.