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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2012
Applicant:
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Inventors:
Wei-min Liu, Dublin, CA (US);
Alison Tsan, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Roche Molecular Systems, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/106 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/156 (2013.01);
Abstract
Six new mutations were found in exon 19 of the EGFR gene, the exon that is often mutated in tumors. The invention comprises methods of detecting the mutations, methods of prognosis and methods of predicting response to treatment based on the presence of absence of the mutations.