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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:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
John Fruehauf, Tustin, CA (US);
Assignee:
Oncotech, Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3574 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; C01K 1/600 ; C12P 2/108 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3574 ; G01N 3/353 ; G01N 3/3567 ; C01K 1/600 ; C12P 2/108 ;
Abstract
The invention provides methods for prognosis, diagnosis, staging and disease progression in human cancer patients related to expression levels of a variety of immunohistochemical and genetic markers associated with poor cancer prognosis, and in particular those markers related to tumor invasiveness, metastasis and spread. The invention also provides methods using a predictive index for prognosis of cancer patients for metastasis, recurrence and relapse of neoplastic disease. The methods of the invention are useful for making clinical decisions on cancer treatment, surveillance and surgical intervention.