Anti-cancer agent

   
   

The invention relates to an anti-cancer agent containing .alpha.-chain protein (.alpha.-fragment) of HGF (hepatocyte growth factor) as an active ingredient. The active ingredient of .alpha.-fragment has a specific suppressing effect on invasion and metastasis of cancer cells such as gallbladder cancer, lung cancer and other, which are highly metastatic and result in a high mortality. Therefore, the agent of the invention is used in treatment and prevention of cancer as an anti-cancer agent, and is extremely useful clinically.

A invenção relaciona-se a um agente anti-cancer que contem a proteína da alpha.-corrente (alpha.-fragmento) de HGF (fator do crescimento do hepatocyte) como um ingrediente ativo. O ingrediente ativo do alpha.-fragmento tem um efeito suprimindo específico na invasão e o metastasis das pilhas de cancer tais como o cancer do gallbladder, o cancer de pulmão e o outro, que são altamente metastatic e resultado em um mortality elevado. Conseqüentemente, o agente da invenção é usado no tratamento e na prevenção do cancer como um agente anti-cancer, e é extremamente útil clìnica.

 
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