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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Rhoda M. Alani, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alison Z. Young, Baltimore, MD (US);
Klaus J. Busam, Chatham, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Rhoda M. Alani, Baltimore, MD (US);
Alison Z. Young, Baltimore, MD (US);
Klaus J. Busam, Chatham, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tissue or biopsy sample is evaluated to determine if the sample is early-stage melanoma by determining the level of inhibitor of DNA-binding protein 1 (Id1) expression in cells of the sample; and comparing the determined amount of Id1 to a reference level. The presence of levels of Id1 in cells of the sample in excess of the reference level indicates that the sample is early-stage melanoma.