| CPC C07K 16/32 (2013.01) [A61P 35/00 (2018.01); C07K 19/00 (2013.01); C12N 9/2402 (2013.01); C12Y 302/01018 (2013.01); C07K 2317/732 (2013.01); C07K 2319/035 (2013.01); C07K 2319/33 (2013.01); C07K 2319/74 (2013.01)] | 25 Claims |

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1. A method of treating cancer in an individual in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the individual a therapeutically effective amount of a conjugate comprising (a) an antibody that binds to a tumor-associated cell surface molecule of a cancer cell and (b) a sialidase conjugated to the antibody, whereupon, after administration to the individual, the sialidase cleaves a sialic acid from the surface of the cancer cell, wherein the sialic acid is a ligand for a sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin (Siglec) receptor, wherein the sialidase is a prokaryotic sialidase or a eukaryotic sialidase.
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