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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 09, 2023
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Colin Paul, Catonsville, MD (US);
Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL (US);
Sagar Ramesh Shah, Clemson, SC (US);
Alejandro Ruiz-Valls, Baltimore, MD (US);
Christopher Yankaskas, Baltimore, MD (US);
Juan Carlos Martinez-Gutierrez, Baltimore, MD (US);
Bin Sheng Wong, Baltimore, MD (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention describes an integrated apparatus that enables identification of invasive tumor cells directly from a specimen. The methods using the apparatus can be used to prognose or predict the survivability of the cancer in a subject and the risk of recurrence of the cancer in the subject after treatment. The methods disclosed herein can be used to determine which chemotherapeutic or other therapies most strongly inhibit the tumor cells invasiveness as a form of personalized therapy.