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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:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Orest W. Blaschuk, Westmount, CA;
James Matthew Symonds, Ottawa, CA;
Stephen Byers, Washington, DC (US);
Barbara J. Gour, Montreal, CA;
Assignee:
Adherex Technologies, Inc., Ottawa, CA;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3574 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/3574 ; G01N 3/3567 ; G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
Methods for diagnosing cancer, such as prostate, ovarian or breast cancer, as well as leukemia, are provided. Such methods may employ binding agents, such as antibodies or CAR sequences of OB-cadherin or N-cadherin, that specifically bind to OB-cadherin or N-cadherin, or polynucleotides that hybridize to a polynucleotide encoding OB-cadherin or N-cadherin. Also provided are methods for monitoring the progression of a cancer and to evaluate the metastatic potential of a cancer.