Detection and treatment of renal cancer
AssigneeNorthwestern University
InventorXiming Yang
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Abstract
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer therapies and diagnostics, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides cancer markers associated with specific cancers and diagnostic assays for the detection of such markers as indicative of the presence of kidney and urothelial cancers.
Claims30
A method for detecting cancer in a subject comprising detecting the presence of IGFBP-3 in a sample from said subject.
A method for detecting cancer in a subject comprising detecting the presence of ceruloplasmin in a sample from said subject.
A method for detecting cancer in a subject comprising detecting the presence of ANGPTL-4 in a sample from said subject.
A kit for diagnosing cancer in a subject comprising a reagent that specifically detects the presence of a marker selected from the group consisting of IGFBP-3, ceruloplasmin and ANGPTL-4.
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