This invention relates toa combination of gemcitabine-[phenyl-benzoxy-L-alaninyl)]- phosphate (chemical name: 2'-Deoxy-2',2'-difluoro-D-cytidine-5'-O-[phenyl (benzoxy-L- alaninyl)] phosphate)(NUC-1031) and a platinum-based anticancer agentselected from carboplatin, dicycloplatin, oxaliplatin, satraplatin and nedaplatin. The combinations are useful in the treatment of cancer and particularly ovarian cancer.