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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 30, 2016
Quest Diagnostics Investments Llc, Madison, NJ (US);
Shih-Min Cheng, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Joseph J. Catanese, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Andrew Grupe, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Feras Hantash, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Frederic M. Waldman, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Kevin Qu, San Juan Capistrano, CA (US);
Quest Diagnostics Investments LLC, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present technology relates to methods for determining whether a patient having thyroid nodules with indeterminate cytology will benefit from diagnostic surgery, e.g., lobectomy. These methods are based on screening a patient's thyroid nodules and detecting alterations in target nucleic acid sequences corresponding to a specific set of thyroid cancer-related genes. Kits for use in practicing the methods are also provided.