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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 04, 2011
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Mano, Tokyo, JP;
Young L. Choi, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Soda, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12Q 1/48 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/485 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/136 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01); G01N 33/57484 (2013.01); G01N 2333/9121 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described herein are compositions, kits, and methods for determining whether subjects having cancer(s) positive for ALK mutations are likely to respond to treatment with an ALK inhibitor and/or whether a patient having such cancer(s) is likely to have a relatively slower disease progression. Further described are methods for prognosing a time course of disease in a subject having such cancer.