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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2018
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2008
Applicants:
William D. Figg, Fairfax, VA (US);
Alex Sparreboom, Memphis, TN (US);
Akinobu Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Douglas K. Price, Fairfax, VA (US);
Tristan M. Sissung, Annandale, VA (US);
Inventors:
William D. Figg, Fairfax, VA (US);
Alex Sparreboom, Memphis, TN (US);
Akinobu Hamada, Tokyo, JP;
Douglas K. Price, Fairfax, VA (US);
Tristan M. Sissung, Annandale, VA (US);
Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/57434 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/136 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/172 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates methods of identifying and predicting inter-patient differences in prognostic prediction for survival in androgen independent prostate cancer. It further related to methods for determining and exploiting such differences to improve medical outcomes. Moreover, it provides methods for determining if a subject has prostate cancer.