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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2008
Applicants:
Florin M. Selaru, Baltimore, MD (US);
Stephen J. Meltzer, Lutherville, MD (US);
Inventors:
Florin M. Selaru, Baltimore, MD (US);
Stephen J. Meltzer, Lutherville, MD (US);
Assignees:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
University of Maryland, Baltimore, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/53 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to methods for diagnosing cancer in a subject. Morphologically normal epithelial cells of the esophagus are assayed for marker expression. Characteristic expression of the markers indicates the presence of cancer or the predisposition to cancer. A panel of eleven markers are particularly good at identifying cancer and the predisposition to cancer.