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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2013
Applicants:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Paraskevi Giannakakou, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Stephen R. Plymate, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignees:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY (US);
University of Washington, Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/337 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); G01N 33/574 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/57434 (2013.01); A61K 31/337 (2013.01); C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); G01N 33/57492 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); G01N 2333/723 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention relates to detection and/or treatment of a subset of prostate cancer patients who may benefit from taxane treatment. The method comprises testing whether an androgen receptor (AR) splice variant is present in a test sample obtained from the patient, wherein the androgen receptor variant can be ARv5,6,7.