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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021

Filed:

Nov. 11, 2016
Applicants:

Dana-farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);

President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);

Inventors:

Michaela Bowden, Arlington, MA (US);

Svitlana Tyekucheva, Brighton, MA (US);

Massimo Loda, Belmont, MA (US);

Lorelei Mucci, Boston, MA (US);

Assignees:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2018.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/112 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/16 (2013.01);
Abstract

The present invention relates to compositions and methods and for the diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of prostate cancer. The invention is based upon the identification of a gene expression signature that predicts the likelihood that prostate cancer will metastasize. Provided is a method of determining whether prostate cancer in a subject will metastasize. Also provided are compositions comprising a prostate cancer-associated gene. Also provided are kits comprising a package with a prostate cancer-associated gene.


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