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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 17, 2012
Ronald A. Depinho, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth C. Anderson, Wellesley, MA (US);
Ruben D. Carrasco, Brookline, MA (US);
Giovanni Tonon, Cernusco sul Naviglio, IT;
Cameron Brennan, Haworth, NJ (US);
John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., Roland, AR (US);
Lynda Chin, Houston, TX (US);
Ronald A. DePinho, Houston, TX (US);
Kenneth C. Anderson, Wellesley, MA (US);
Ruben D. Carrasco, Brookline, MA (US);
Giovanni Tonon, Cernusco sul Naviglio, IT;
Cameron Brennan, Haworth, NJ (US);
John D. Shaughnessy, Jr., Roland, AR (US);
Lynda Chin, Houston, TX (US);
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Inc., Boston, MA (US);
Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, preventing, and treating human cancer. A variety of chromosomal regions (MCRs) and markers corresponding thereto, are provided, wherein alterations in the copy number of one or more of the MCRs and/or alterations in the amount, structure, and/or activity of one or more of the markers is correlated with the presence of cancer.