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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Steven A. Seelig, Naperville, IL (US);
Inventor:
Steven A. Seelig, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Abbott Molecular Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6841 (2013.01);
Abstract
The method of the invention comprises the stratification of a cancer patient population into various cancer therapy groups based on analysis by genomic DNA microarray of multiple gene amplifications or deletions present or absent in the diseased tissue of each patient. In particular, the invention involves patient stratification into one of at least four cancer therapy groups based on the microarray analysis of gene amplification or gene deletion at multiple chromosome locations.