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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 27, 2017
Fraunhofer-gesellschaft Zur Förderung Der Angewandten Forschung E.v., Munich, DE;
Universität Regensburg, Regensburg, DE;
Christoph Klein, Regensburg, DE;
Sebastian Scheitler, Regensburg, DE;
Melanie Werner-Klein, Regensburg, DE;
Martin Hoffmann, Regensburg, DE;
Isabelle Hodak, Munich, DE;
FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V., Munich, DE;
UNIVERSITÄT REGENSBURG, Regensburg, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for diagnosing, staging and treating cancer, in particular melanoma. In particular, the present invention provides methods for determining the stage/type of a cancerous disease, comprising detecting somatic alterations of the DNA of one or more disseminated cancer cells (DCCs), obtained after homing to a distant organ, such as lymph node; and determining the somatic evolution of the DCC(s) based on the detected somatic alterations, wherein the somatic evolution is indicative of the stage/type of the cancerous disease.