Compositions and methods for treating skin cancer associated diseases
The invention provides compositions and methods for treating skin cancer associated diseases. Specifically, the invention relates to topically administering a signaling pathway inhibitor or a related compound to treat pre-cancerous skin lesions, skin tumors, and their associated diseases or disorders.
1. A method for treating a skin cancer related disease or disorder in a subject, the method comprising: topically administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a PI3K/PDK1/AKT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor, wherein the disease or disorder is actinic keratosis, a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion, or a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said disease or disorder is actinic keratosis.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said disease or disorder is a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein said disease or disorder is associated with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein said inhibitor is administered in combination with at least one other treatment regime selected from the group consisting of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, photodynamic therapy, electrocautery, laser therapy, and surgery.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein said subject is a human.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein said inhibitor has a molecular weight of less than 500 daltons.
8. A method for treating a skin cancer related disease or disorder in a subject, the method comprising: topically administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a MAPK/ERK signaling pathway kinase inhibitor, wherein the disease or disorder is actinic keratosis, a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion, or a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein said disease or disorder is actinic keratosis.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein said disease or disorder is a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion.
11. The method of claim 8 , wherein said disease or disorder is associated with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein said inhibitor is administered in combination with at least one other treatment regime selected from the group consisting of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, photodynamic therapy, electrocautery, laser therapy, and surgery.
13. The method of claim 8 , wherein said subject is a human.
14. The method of claim 8 , wherein said inhibitor has a molecular weight of less than 500 daltons.
15. A method for treating a skin cancer related disease or disorder in a subject, the method comprising: topically administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a JAK-STAT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor, wherein the disease or disorder is actinic keratosis, a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion, or a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein said disease or disorder is actinic keratosis.
17. The method of claim 15 , wherein said disease or disorder is a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein said disease or disorder is associated with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
19. The method of claim 15 , wherein said inhibitor is administered in combination with at least one other treatment regime selected from the group consisting of chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy, photodynamic therapy, electrocautery, laser therapy, and surgery.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein said subject is a human.
21. The method of claim 15 , wherein said inhibitor has a molecular weight of less than 500 daltons.
22. A method for treating a skin cancer related disease or disorder in a subject, the method comprising: topically administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound, wherein the compound comprises a kinase inhibitor that inhibits both PI3K and mTOR and wherein the disease or disorder is actinic keratosis, a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion, or a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
23. A method for treating a skin cancer related disease or disorder in a subject, the method comprising topically administering to said subject a therapeutically effective amount of CEP-11981 and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein the skin cancer related disease is selected from the group consisting of actinic keratosis, a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion, and a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.
24. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PI3K/PDK1/AKT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor comprises a lipid kinase inhibitor.
25. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PI3K/PDK1/AKT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor comprises a protein kinase inhibitor.
26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor.
27. The method of claim 25 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
28. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PI3K/PDK1/AKT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor is a PI3K inhibitor.
29. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PI3K/PDK1/AKT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor is an AKT inhibitor.
30. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PI3K/PDK1/AKT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor is an mTOR inhibitor.
31. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway kinase inhibitor comprises a lipid kinase inhibitor.
32. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway kinase inhibitor comprises a protein kinase inhibitor.
33. The method of claim 32 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor.
34. The method of claim 32 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
35. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway kinase inhibitor is a RAF inhibitor.
36. The method of claim 8 , wherein the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway kinase inhibitor is a MAPK inhibitor.
37. The method of claim 15 , wherein the JAK-STAT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor comprises a lipid kinase inhibitor.
38. The method of claim 15 , wherein the JAK-STAT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor comprises a protein kinase inhibitor.
39. The method of claim 38 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor.
40. The method of claim 38 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
41. The method of claim 15 , wherein the JAK-STAT signaling pathway kinase inhibitor is a JAK or STAT inhibitor.
42. The method of claim 15 , wherein the kinase inhibitor that inhibits both PI3K and mTOR comprises a lipid kinase inhibitor.
43. The method of claim 15 , wherein the kinase inhibitor that inhibits both PI3K and mTOR comprises a protein kinase inhibitor.
44. The method of claim 43 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor.
45. The method of claim 43 , wherein the protein kinase inhibitor comprises a serine-threonine kinase inhibitor and a tyrosine kinase inhibitor.
46. The method of claim 23 , wherein the disease or disorder is actinic keratosis, a squamous cell carcinoma in situ like lesion, or a cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma.