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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
Dignity Health, Phoenix, AZ (US);
The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Timothy G. Whitsett, Jr., Phoenix, AZ (US);
Landon J. Inge, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Dignity Health, San Francisco, CA (US);
The Translational Genomics Research Institute, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide a method of treating cancer, the method comprising providing a subject having cancer cells, and contacting the cancer cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a G2/M checkpoint inhibitor. Embodiments of the invention also provide a method of treating cancer in a subject, the method comprising the steps of: (a) receiving a sample of the cancer cells from the subject; (b) determining if at least a portion of the sample of the cancer cells is LKB 1 deficient; and (c) contacting the cancer cells with a therapeutically effective amount of a G2/M checkpoint inhibitor.