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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2006
Valdimir Podust, Fremont, CA (US);
Zhen Zhang, Dayton, MD (US);
Eric T. Fung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Bast, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel W. Chan, Clarksville, MD (US);
Jin Song, Baltimore, MD (US);
Valdimir Podust, Fremont, CA (US);
Zhen Zhang, Dayton, MD (US);
Eric T. Fung, Los Altos, CA (US);
Robert Bast, Houston, TX (US);
Daniel W. Chan, Clarksville, MD (US);
Jin Song, Baltimore, MD (US);
Vermilllion, Inc., Fremont, CA (US);
The John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides protein-based biomarkers and biomarker combinations that are useful in qualifying ovarian cancer status as well as endometrical cancer status in a patient. In particular, it has been found that hepcidin is a biomarker for both ovarian cancer and endometrial cancer and that a panel of biomarkers, including hepcidin, transthyretin and optionally other markers are useful to classify a subject sample as ovarian cancer or non-ovarian cancer. The biomarkers can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry.