Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Prostate cancer prognostic compositions and kits
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Application No.: US15097758Application Date: 2016-04-13
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Publication No.: US09951390B2Publication Date: 2018-04-24
- Inventor: Daphne Hessels , Gerald Verhaegh , Jack A. Schalken , J. Alfred Witjes
- Applicant: Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, The University Medical Centre Nijmegen
- Applicant Address: NL Nijmegen
- Assignee: Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, The University Medical Centre Nijmegen
- Current Assignee: Stichting Katholieke Universiteit, The University Medical Centre Nijmegen
- Current Assignee Address: NL Nijmegen
- Agency: McNeill Baur PLLC
- Priority: CA2491067 20041224
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; G01N33/574

Abstract:
Described herein are method, compositions and kits for prognosis of prostate cancer. The methods include determining the ratio of PCA3 and of a prostate-specific marker expression in a urine sample and correlating the value of the PCA3/prostate-specific marker ratio with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of prostate cancer in the subject. The method for prognosing prostate cancer in a sample of a patient includes assessing the amount of a prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA and the amount of prostate-specific marker in the sample; determining a ratio value of this amount of prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA over the amount of prostate-specific marker; comparing the ratio value to at least one predetermined cut-off value, wherein a ratio value above the predetermined cut-off value is indicative of a higher risk of mortality of prostate cancer as compared to a ratio value below the predetermined cut-off value.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160362746A1 PROSTATE CANCER PROGNOSTIC COMPOSITIONS AND KITS Public/Granted day:2016-12-15
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