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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2009
Applicants:
Simon Stacey, Kopavogur, IS;
Patrick Sulem, Reykjavik, IS;
Inventors:
Simon Stacey, Kopavogur, IS;
Patrick Sulem, Reykjavik, IS;
Assignee:
deCODE Genetics ehf., Reykjavík, IS;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/136 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/172 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention pertains to certain genetic variants that have been determined to be susceptibility variants of breast cancer. Methods of disease management, including diagnosing increased susceptibility to breast cancer, methods of predicting response to therapy and methods of predicting prognosis using such variants are described. The invention further relates to kits useful in the methods of the invention.