This invention concerns a method for selecting an inhibitor of a cancer-implicated pathway or of a component of a cancer-implicated pathway for coadministration, with an inhibitor of HSP90, to a subject suffering from a cancer which comprises the following steps: (a) contacting a sample containing cancer cells from a subject with an inhibitor of HSP90 or an analog, homolog or derivative of an inhibitor of HSP90 under conditions such that one or more cancer pathway components present in the sample bind to the HSP90 inhibitor or the analog, homolog or derivative of the HSP90 inhibitor； (b) detecting pathway components bound to the HSP90 inhibitor or to the analog, homolog or derivative of the HSP90 inhibitor； (c) analyzing the pathway components detected in step (b) so as to identify a pathway which includes the components detected in step (b) and additional components of such pathway； and (d) selecting an inhibitor of the pathway or of a pathway component identified in step (c). This invention further concerns a method of treating a cancer patient by coadministering an inhibitor of HSP90 and an inhibitor of a cancer-implicated pathway or component thereof.
