Abstract: A new therapeutic method in which a combination of an immune checkpoint inhibitor and a FOLFIRINOX therapy, a modified FOLFIRINOX therapy or a dose-reducing regimen of each of the therapies is effective to treat cancer, particularly cancer difficult to treat with conventional therapies such as pancreatic cancer.

Abstract: In a method for inhibiting the corrosion-causing tendency and coloration of an olefin polymer or copolymer containing a halogen component by incorporating about 0.01 to about 5 parts by weight of a hydrotalcite; the improvement which comprises mixing an olefin polymer or copolymer containing a halogen component attributed to a polymerization catalyst and/or to post-halogenation, with a hydrotalcite of the formulaMg.sub.1-x Al.sub.x (OH).sub.2 A.sup.n-.sub.x/n.mH.sub.2 Owherein 0<x.ltoreq.0.5, m is a positive number, and A.sup.n- represents an anion having a valence of n,or a product resulting from the surface-coating of said hydrotalcite with an anionic surface-active agent, said hydrotalcite having (i) a BET specific surface area of not more than 30 m.sup.2 /g, preferably not more than 20 m.sup.2 /g, (ii) an average secondary particle size of not more than 5 microns, preferably not more than 1.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting the thermal or ultraviolet degradation of a thermoplastic resin containing halogen and/or acidic components excepting olefinic resins, which comprises mixing said thermoplastic resin with about 0.01 to about 5 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of said resin, of a hydrotalcite of the following formulaMg.sub.1-x Al.sub.x (OH).sub.2 A.sub.x/n.sup.n- .multidot.mH.sub.2 Owherein O<x.ltoreq.0.5, m is a positive number, and A.sup.n- represents an anion having a valence of n, or a product resulting from surface-treatment of said hydrotalcite with an anionic surface-active agent, said hydrotalcite having a BET specific surface area of not more than 30 m.sup.2 /g; and a thermoplastic resin composition prepared by aforesaid method.

Abstract: In a method for inhibiting the corrosion-causing tendency and coloration of an olefin polymer or copolymer containing a halogen component by incorporating about 0.01 to about 5 parts by weight of a hydrotalcite; the improvement which comprises mixing an olefin polymer or copolymer containing a halogen component attributed to a polymerization catalyst and/or to post-halogenation, with a hydrotalcite of the formulaMg.sub.1-x Al.sub.x (OH).sub.2 A.sub.x/n.sup.n-.mH.sub.2 Owherein0<x.ltoreq.0.5, m is a positive number, andA.sup.n- represents an anion having a valence of n, or a product resulting from the surface-coating of said hydrotalcite with an anionic surface-active agent, said hydrotalcite having (i) a BET specific surface area of not more than 30 m.sup.2 /g, preferably not more than 20 m.sup.2 /g, (ii) an average secondary particle size of not more than 5 microns, preferably not more than 1.

Abstract: A novel magnesium hydroxide of the formula Mg(OH).sub.2 having (i) a strain in the direction of not more than 3.0 .times. 10.sup.-3, (ii) a crystallite size in the direction of more than 800 A, and (iii) a specific surface area of less than 20 m.sup.2 /g. The magnesium hydroxide, if desired as coated with anionic surfactants, is useful, for example, as fire retardants for thermoplastic synthetic resins and aqueous paints. The novel magnesium hydroxide is prepared by heating in an aqueous medium at an elevated pressure a novel basic magnesium chloride or nitrate of this invention expressed by the formula Mg(OH).sub.2-x A.sub.x .sup.. mH.sub.2 O wherein A is Cl or NO.sub.3, x is a number of more than 0 but less than 0.2, and m is a number of 0 to 6.

Abstract: A novel magnesium hydroxide of the formula Mg(OH).sub.2 having (i) a strain in the (101) direction of not more than 3.0 .times. 10.sup.-3, (ii) a crystallite size in the (101) direction of more than 800 A, and (iii) a specific surface area of less than 20 m.sup.2 /g. The magnesium hydroxide, if desired as coated with anionic surfactants, is useful, for example, as fire retardants for thermoplastic synthetic resins and aqueous paints. The novel magnesium hydroxide is prepared by heating in an aqueous medium at an elevated pressure a novel basic magnesium chloride or nitrate of this invention expressed by the formula Mg(OH).sub.2-x A.sub.x.mH.sub.2 O wherein A is Cl or NO.sub.3, x is a number of more than 0 but less than 0.2, and m is a number of 0 to 6.