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Date of Patent:
Feb. 22, 2011

Filed:

Jan. 19, 2007
Applicants:

Ralph Weichselbaum, Chicago, IL (US);

Bernard Roizman, Chicago, IL (US);

Andy Minn, Chicago, IL (US);

Nikolai Khodarev, Villa Park, IL (US);

Edwardine Labay, Des Plaines, IL (US);

Inventors:

Ralph Weichselbaum, Chicago, IL (US);

Bernard Roizman, Chicago, IL (US);

Andy Minn, Chicago, IL (US);

Nikolai Khodarev, Villa Park, IL (US);

Edwardine Labay, Des Plaines, IL (US);

Assignee:

The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Disclosed is a set of genes differentially expressed in chemotherapy and radiation resistant tumors useful in predicting response to therapy and assessing risk of local-regional failure, survival and metastasis in cancer patients. Also disclosed are methods for characterizing tumors according to gene expression and kits for use in the methods of the invention.


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