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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2018
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2016
Inbiomotion S.l., Barcelona, ES;
Roger Gomis, Barcelona, ES;
Joël Jean-Mairet, Barcelona, ES;
InBioMotion S.L., Barcelona, ES;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis, relapse or recurrence in prostate cancer which comprises determining if the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Likewise, the invention also relates to a method for the diagnosis or the prognosis of metastasis, relapse or recurrence in prostate cancer, as well as to a method for determining the tendency to develop bone metastasis with respect to metastasis in other organs, which comprise determining the c-MAF expression level. Finally, the invention relates to the use of a c-MAF inhibitor as therapeutic target for treating the prostate cancer.