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John Fruehauf0
Date of Patent
October 16, 2007
0Patent Application Number
099822860
Date Filed
October 16, 2001
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The invention provides methods for prognosis, diagnosis, staging and disease progression in human cancer patients related to expression levels of a variety of immunohistochemical and genetic markers associated with poor cancer prognosis, and in particular those markers related to tumor invasiveness, metastasis and spread. The invention also provides methods using a predictive index for prognosis of cancer patients for metastasis, recurrence and relapse of neoplastic disease. The methods of the invention are useful for making clinical decisions on cancer treatment, surveillance and surgical intervention.
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