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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2017
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MA (US);
Tanda T. Dudenkov, Rochester, MN (US);
Liewei Wang, Rochester, MN (US);
James N. Ingle, Rochester, MN (US);
Richard M. Weinshilboum, Rochester, MN (US);
Junmei Cairns, Altura, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
This document provides methods and materials for treating cancer (e.g., estrogen receptor positive breast cancer). For example, methods and materials for identifying a mammal (e.g., a human) with cancer (e.g., estrogen receptor positive breast cancer) as having A→G variant genotype of rs6990851 and/or as having an elevated level of CSMD1 nucleic acid expression and administering one or more aromatase inhibitors (e.g., anastrozole) to treat the mammal identified as having such genotype and/or elevated level are provided.