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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2009
Applicants:
Johji Inazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Issei Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Erina Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Johji Inazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Issei Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Erina Nakamura, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignees:
Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
National University Corporation Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
It is an object to be achieved by the present invention to provide a method for detecting cancer and a cell growth inhibiting agent by the identification of genes exhibiting characteristic behavior in cancers such as oral squamous-cell carcinoma. The present invention provides a method for detecting cancer, which comprises detecting at least one gene alteration existing in chromosomal region 4q35 in a specimen.