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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Applicants:
Jianfeng Xu, Clemmons, NC (US);
William B. Isaacs, Glyndon, MD (US);
Henrik Grönberg, Stockholm, SE;
Inventors:
Jianfeng Xu, Clemmons, NC (US);
William B. Isaacs, Glyndon, MD (US);
Henrik Grönberg, Stockholm, SE;
Assignees:
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of identifying a subject as having an increased risk of having or developing aggressive prostate cancer, comprising detecting in the subject the presence of various polymorphisms associated with an increased risk of having or developing aggressive prostate cancer.