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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
May. 25, 2000
Ugur Sahin, Homburg/Saar, DE;
Özlem Türeci, Homburg/Saar, DE;
Yao-Tseng Chen, New York, NY (US);
Lloyd J. Old, New York, NY (US);
Michael Pfreundschuh, Homburg/Saar, DE;
Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, , NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to assays for determining breast cancer or melanoma. It has been found that the accuracy of such assays can be improved by assaying samples for three or more known tumor rejection antigen precursors. For breast cancer, the tumor rejection antigen precursors known as SCP-1, NY-ESO-1, and SSX-2 are assayed. For melanoma, SSX-2, NY-ESO-1, and MAGE-3 are assayed. Additional known tumor rejection antigen precursors can also be determined to confirm the assays. It is preferred to carry these out via polymerase chain reactions.