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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2010
Brian B. Haab, Jenison, MI (US);
Tingting Yue, Cary, NC (US);
Randall E. Brand, Sewickley, PA (US);
Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
University of Pittsburgh - Of The Commonwealth System of Higher Education, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Abstract
Methods and related kits for differentiating pancreatic cancer from a benign pancreatic disease. The method includes assaying a patient biological sample for a total level of CA 19-9 antigen and for a glycan level in specific mucin(s), and comparing the total level of CA 19-9 antigen and the glycan level in the specific mucin(s) to statistically validated thresholds, wherein a different level of total CA 19-9 antigen in the patient biological sample as compared to a statistically validated threshold and a different level of glycan level in the specific mucin(s) as compared to statistically validated thresholds indicate pancreatic cancer in the patient rather than a benign pancreatic disease.