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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2001
Filed:
May. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Philip W. Kantoff, Needham, MA (US);
Myles Brown, Newton, MA (US);
Edward Giovannucci, Wakefield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ; C12P 1/934 ; C07H 2/102 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
There is described a method for prognosis of prostate cancer in a male comprising: (a) determining the length of the CAG trinucleotide repeat of exon 1 of the androgenic receptor gene and/or the length of the TA dinucleotide repeat of the 5 alpha reductase Type II gene or its complement obtained from DNA of the male and (b) correlating the length of the repeat with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of the cancer in the male.