METHOD FOR INHIBITING AND/OR PREVENTING FORMATION OF CANCER METASTASES AND SECONDARY MALIGNANT CANCER

摘要

The invention relates to a method for inhibiting and/or preventing formation of cancer metastases and secondary malignant cancers by administration to a subject of an effective amount of a quaternary pyridinium salt of formula I; ;wherein R′ is selected from the group consisting of H, OH, CONH₂, COCH₃, R″ is selected from the group consisting of H, CH₃, R′″ represents H or CH₃, and X⁻ is a pharmaceutically acceptable counterion.