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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2011
Applicants:
Jiri Jan Krepinsky, Wiarton, CA;
Rudolf Furrer, Toronto, CA;
Ka Sing Yeung, Wiarton, CA;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Atossa Genetics, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/48 (2006.01); G01N 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to a simple screening test for neoplasia, a precancerous condition, or cancer of the breast. A method is described whereby a breast cancer marker is detected in breast fluid. In a particular embodiment, the method involves treating samples of breast fluids with an aldehyde detecting reagent without any prewashing. The appearance in breast fluids of a marker that is detected by an aldehyde detecting reagent, such as a Schiff's reagent, correlates very well with the disease status of the breast cancer subjects from which the fluids were obtained. Screening test kits are also provided.