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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:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
May. 19, 2006
Applicants:
Joachim Moecks, Mannheim, DE;
Andreas Strauss, Penzberg, DE;
Gerhard Zugmaier, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hoffmann-La Roche Inc., Nutley, NJ (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/53 (2006.01); G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/566 (2006.01); G01N 33/567 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention is related to a method of predicting the response to a treatment with a HER inhibitor in a patient comprising the steps of assessing a biomarker or a combination of biomarkers selected from the group consisting of amphiregulin, an epidermal growth factor, a transforming growth factor alpha, and a HER2 biomarker in a biological sample from the patient and predicting the response to the treatment with the HER inhibitor in the patient by evaluating the results of the first step. Further uses and methods wherein these markers are used are disclosed.