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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patricia S Steeg, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Lance A Liotta, Potomac, MD (US);
Alvaro Leone, Bari, IT;
Generoso Bevilacqua, Pisa, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12P / ; C07H / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 911 ; 435 912 ; 536 235 ; 536 2431 ; 935-1 ; 935-8 ; 935 77 ; 935 78 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates, in general, to a method for diagnosing cancer susceptibility based on alterations in the nm23 gene. In particular, the present invention relates to a method of identifying individuals at risk for developing a primary cancer or at risk for suffering treatment failure, morbidity, or mortality associated with cancer. The invention further relates to a means of using genetic methods to predict individuals at increased risk for developing distant metastases.