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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2010
Robby Ruijtenbeek, Utrecht, NL;
Maria Helena Hilhorst, Wageningen, NL;
Arzu Umar, Rotterdam, NL;
Johannes Albert Foekens, Capelle a/d IJssel, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Martens, Rotterdam, NL;
Robby Ruijtenbeek, Utrecht, NL;
Maria Helena Hilhorst, Wageningen, NL;
Arzu Umar, Rotterdam, NL;
Johannes Albert Foekens, Capelle a/d IJssel, NL;
Johannes Wilhelmus Maria Martens, Rotterdam, NL;
PamGene B.V., 's-Hertogenbosch, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for determining the estrogen receptor status of patients suffering from breast cancer. The present invention also aims to provide methods and devices for predicting the response of patients diagnosed with breast cancer to specific medicaments. More specifically, the present invention provides methods which measure kinase activity by studying phosphorylation levels and profiles in samples obtained from patients diagnosed with breast cancer.