The present invention relates to methods of treating cancer in a patient by administering a compound useful as an inhibitor of ATR protein kinase in combination with a compound useful as an inhibitor of Chk1 protein kinase. The aforementioned combination displays a surprising synergistic effect in treating cancer despite the targeted protein kinases being within the same biological pathway. Moreover, the present invention also relates to methods of treating cancer by administering a compound useful as an inhibitor of ATR protein kinase administering a compound useful as an inhibitor of Chk1 protein kinase as well as administering a DNA damaging agent to a patient.The compounds utilized in this invention are represented by formula I and formula II:wherein the variables are as defined herein.
