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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2012
Shiv K. Srivastava, Potomac, MD (US);
Gyorgy Petrovics, Bethesda, MD (US);
Shyh-han Tan, Kensington, MD (US);
Kristen Nickens, Clinton, MD (US);
Shiv K. Srivastava, Potomac, MD (US);
Gyorgy Petrovics, Bethesda, MD (US);
Shyh-Han Tan, Kensington, MD (US);
Kristen Nickens, Clinton, MD (US);
The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Bethesda, MD (US);
Abstract
Provided are methods of using polycarbonate filters to isolate and detect cancer cells in a biological fluid, particularly biological fluids, such as urine, that contain very low concentrations of cancer cells. The characterization of the isolated cells for the presence or absence of cancer specific proteins is useful for cancer diagnosis and prognosis.