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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
May. 13, 2016
Applicant:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Paul B. Fisher, Richmond, VA (US);
Manny Bacolod, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/154 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of prognosing the outcome of cancer and/or cancer treatment are provided. The methods involve quantitating the level of methylation at a site that regulates expression of the mda-9/Syntenin gene, site cg17197774. High levels of methylation indicate a good prognosis whereas low levels of methylation indicate a poor prognosis and determination of these levels permits risk stratification of patients with cancer.