Ucl Business Plc

Eurofins Genomics Europe Sequencing Gmbh

Genedata Ag

Benjamin Lindner

Iona Evans

Martin Widschwendter

Allison Jones

Johannes Eichner

Harri Lempiäinen

Timo Wittenberger

Tobias Paprotka

Tamas Rujan

The present invention relates to methods of determining the presence or absence of certain cancers in a human individual, as well as to related methods to determine the response to therapy against certain cancers in a human individual, in particular ovarian cancer in a woman. Such methods are based on the detection—from (eg cell-free) DNA of said human individual—of one or more methylated (or un-methylated) CpGs being associated with differentially methylated regions (DMRs) of the present invention; such as methylation (or un-methylation) at one or more or all of certain CpGs being associated with such DMRs. Accordingly, such methods have diagnostic, prognostic and/or predictive utility for detecting or managing certain cancers in women or men, in particular ovarian cancer in women. The present invention further relates to nucleic acids comprising certain sequences that may be detected during the method, or nucleic acids (such as probes and/or primers) that are useful to detect such sequences, as wells as compositions, kits, computer program products and other aspects that are useful for or related to the practice or application of such methods.

Epigenetic markers and related methods and means for the detection and management of certain cancers

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Laupheim, Germany

Benjamin Lindner