This invention is related to a pharmaceutical combination that contains a
Casein kinase 2 (CK2) peptide inhibitor (termed P15) along with the
standard chemotherapeutic drugs used in cancer treatment and which are
administered together, separated or sequentially. The chemothearapeutic
drugs include cisplatin, taxol, alkaloids from Vinca, 5-fluorouracil,
doxorubicin, cyclophosphamide, etoposide, mitomicin C, imatinib, iressa
and velcade (vortezomib). The synergism between the P15 peptide and the
anticancer drugs achieves an efficient concentration of each cytostatic
drug in the combination which is from 10- to 100-fold lower than that for
each cytostatic drug alone. The pharmaceutical combination described in
this invention exhibits lower toxicity compared to that reported by the
anticancer therapeutics and therefore, it represents a crucial advantage
for its use in cancer therapy. Furthermore, the sequential administration
of this pharmaceutical combination through the pretreatment with the P15
peptide leads to the chemo sensibilization of refractory tumors to the
anticancer therapeutics.