Tumor diagnosis and prognosis
AssigneeInstitute of Molecular and Cell Biology
InventorsKarim Tabiti, Catherine Jane Pallen
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Abstract
A method for diagnosis or prognosis of a cancer is disclosed. The method comprises (i) detecting in a first biological sample protein tyrosine phosphate .alpha. (PTP.alpha.) or PTP.alpha. nucleic acid, and (ii) comparing the level of PTP.alpha. or PTP.alpha. nucleic acid in the first sample with the level in a second biological sample known to be from normal tissue. Any overexpression of PTP.alpha. or PTP.alpha. nucleic acid in the first sample compared to the second sample is indicative that the first sample is from a cancerous tissue.
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A method for diagnosis or prognosis of a cancer, which method comprises
- (i) detecting in a first biological sample protein tyrosine phosphatase .alpha. (PTP.alpha.) or PTP.alpha. nucleic acid, and
- (ii) comparing the level of PTP.alpha. or PTP.alpha. nucleic acid in the first sample with the level in a second biological sample known to be from normal tissue,
- wherein any overexpression of PTP.alpha. or PTP.alpha. nucleic acid in the first sample compared to the second sample is indicative that the first sample is from a cancerous tissue.
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