Abstract: A method is provided for treating an ovarian cancer in a human or other mammalian patient suffering from the ovarian cancer, the method comprises administering to the human or the other mammalian patient an effective ovarian cancer treating amount of cadmium, preferably in the form of cadmium chloride. Pharmaceutical compositions and pharmaceutical kits which are useful in practicing the described method of treating ovarian cancer in the human or other mammalian patient suffering from the ovarian cancer are also provided for in the disclosure.

Abstract: A sensitive assay method for measuring the quantity of elemental gallium present in a test sample comprising a body tissue or a body fluid, the method comprising:diluting a test sample with nitric acid,introducing the diluted test sample into an atomic absorption spectrometer having a Zeeman-effect background correction calculating capability,determining the test sample's absorption at a desired wavelength while subjecting the test sample to an atomization and a burning in the atomic absorption spectrometer,performing a Zeeman-effect background correction on the determined absorption for the test sample to give a corrected absorption for the test sample, andcomparing the corrected absorption for the test sample with a standard curve.