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USOO956 1238B2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 9,561.238 B2 Coelingh Bennink et al. (45) Date of Patent: *Feb. 7, 2017 (54) PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS 5,827,843. A 10, 1998 Koninckx et al. COMPRISING ESTETROL DERVATIVES (Continued) FOR USE IN CANCER THERAPY FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (71) Applicant: Donesta Bioscience B. V. Zeist (NL) DE 23 36 434 A1 4, 1975 (72) Inventors: Herman Jan Tijmen Coelingh DE 24, 26 779 A1 12/1975 Bennink, Zeist (NL); Evert Johannes (Continued) Bunschoten, Heesch (NL) OTHER PUBLICATIONS (73) Assignee: Donesta Bioscience B.V., Zeist (NL) al-AZZawi, F. Estrogen and Colon Cancer: Current Issues, Climac (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this teric May 2002, PubMed, retrieved from the Internet: <URL:http:// patent is extended or adjusted under 35 www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11974.557, 1 page. Albertazzi Paola et al., “The Effect of Tibolone Versus Continuous U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days. 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(65) Prior Publication Data (Continued) US 2015/O150887 A1 Jun. 4, 2015 Primary Examiner — John Pak Assistant Examiner — Andriae M Holt Related U.S. Application Data (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Foley & Lardner LLP: Sunit Talapatra (63) Continuation of application No. 10/532,320, filed as application No. PCT/NL03/00718 on Oct. 23, 2003, (57) ABSTRACT now Pat. No. 8,987,240. The present invention relates to a method of treating or preventing estrogen-suppressed tumors in a mammal, said (30) Foreign Application Priority Data method comprising the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an estrogenic component to said mam Oct. 23, 2002 (EP) ..................................... O2O79414 mal, wherein the estrogenic component is selected from the group consisting of (51) Int. Cl. substances represented by the following formula A6 IK3I/S65 (2006.01) A6 IK 45/06 (2006.01) (52) U.S. Cl. OH CPC ............. A61 K3I/565 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 OH (2013.01) (58) Field of Classification Search CPC .............................. A61K 3 1/565; A61K 45/06 See application file for complete search history. OH (56) References Cited U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 3,440,320 A 4, 1969 Sackler et al. 3,797.494. A 3, 1974 Zaffaroni 4,460.372 A 7/1984 Campbell et al. 4,573.996 A 3, 1986 Kwiatek et al. in which formula R. R. R. R. independently are a hydro 4,624,665 A 11/1986 Nuwayser 4,722,941 A 2f1988 Eckert et al. gen atom, a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy group with 1-5 4,762,717 A 8/1988 Crowley, Jr. carbon atoms; precursors capable of liberating a Substance 4.937,238 A 6, 1990 Lemon according to the aforementioned formula when used in the 5,063,507 A 11/1991 Lindsey et al. present method; and mixtures of one or more of the afore 5,130,137 A 7/1992 Crowley, Jr. mentioned substances and/or precursors. 5,211,952 A 5/1993 Spicer et al. 5,223,261 A 6, 1993 Nelson et al. 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