Methods for predicting the behaviour of breast tumours
CA 2132500 A1 · Owner: Green, Christopher Douglas · Inventors: Nicholson, Robert Ian; Green, Christopher Douglas; Manning, David Lockwood
Overview
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This invention relates to a method of predicting the propensity for metastatic spread of a female breast tumour. The method comprising of examining a tissue sample from the tumour for expression of a polypeptide containing at least a substantial part of the amino acid sequence designated pLIV1, or a polypeptide homologous therewith.
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- Filed September 20, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended September 20, 2014.
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