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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2007
Francis Barany, New York, NY (US);
Yu-wei Cheng, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Philip Paty, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Notterman, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Francis Barany, New York, NY (US);
Yu-Wei Cheng, Forest Hills, NY (US);
Philip Paty, New York, NY (US);
Daniel Notterman, Cranbury, NJ (US);
Cornell Research Foundation, Inc., Ithaca, NY (US);
Sloan Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of evaluating the cancer state of a subject using lecithin:retinol acyl transferase (LRAT) gene promoter methylation status. Methods of analyzing and quantifying LRAT gene promoter methylation level are also disclosed. The present invention also relates to methods of determining the prognosis for s subject having cancer by assessing LRAT mRNA expression and LRAT protein expression. Methods of cancer detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment are also disclosed.