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US 10,370,720 B2Granted
Kit and method for detecting bladder cancer
AssigneeLeica Biosystems Newcastle Ltd.
InventorsSaskia Schoenmakers, Harry Schrickx, Herman Volkers
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Abstract
Methods and kits are provided for screening a patient for bladder cancer. Embodiments include those involving centromeric probes to chromosomes 3, 7, and 10 and a locus-specific probe to 5p15.
Claims11
A method of hybridization to a set of probes in a patient with bladder cancer, said method comprising:
- hybridizing the set of probes to (i) more than two copies of two or more of the centromeric regions of the chromosomes 3, 7, and 10 or (ii) more than two copies of the 5p15 region in a biological sample from the patient, wherein the set consists of centromeric probes to chromosomes 3, 7, and 10 and a locus-specific probe to 5p15 that specifically binds TERT or CLPTM1L.
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