In an attempt to improve primary disease responsiveness and/or to overcome resistant disease, the present disclosure provides a method for treating or inhibiting the proliferation of a WT-1 -dependent cancer comprising providing to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor along with an anti-WT-1 /HLA antibody, that is, an antibody that specifically binds to a peptide of Wilms' tumor protein (WT-1 ) presented on the surface of the cancer cells in an HLA-restricted fashion.