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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2009
Method and assay for determining methylation of gal3 promoter for early diagnosis of prostate cancer
Applicants:
Hafiz Ahmed, Aldie, VA (US);
Gerardo Raul Vasta, Columbia, MD (US);
Inventors:
Hafiz Ahmed, Aldie, VA (US);
Gerardo Raul Vasta, Columbia, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and assay are described for determining prostate cancer and the general stage of progression of such cancer by quantifying levels of promoter methylation of gal-3, optionally in combination with the quantification of the level of GSTP1 promoter methylation, where the method and assay are non-invasive to a subject and can detect any of Stages I-IV prostate cancer.