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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2009
Johji Inazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Issei Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takaya Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
Johji Inazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Issei Imoto, Tokyo, JP;
Takaya Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Tsuda, Tokyo, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is an object of the present invention to identify a gene that exhibits behavior which is characteristic of carcinomas such as thyroid carcinoma, so as to provide a method for detecting carcinoma and a cell growth suppressing agent. The present invention provides a method for detecting carcinoma, which comprises detecting malignant transformation by detecting at least one alteration of gene existing in chromosomal regions 1q41, 3q28, 7q31.2, 8p12, 8q22.2, 8q24.21, 11q4.1, 17q12, 20q11, 9p21.3, 16q13.2, and 16q23.1 in a specimen.