Methods for detecting ovarian cancer
CA 2463920 A1 · Owner: Diamandis, Eleftherios · Inventors: Diamandis, Eleftherios; Yousef, George M.
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Methods for diagnosing and monitoring ovarian carcinoma in a subject are described comprising measuring KLK9 or hK9 in a sample from the subject. The invention also provides localization or imaging methods for ovarian cancer and kits for carrying out the methods of the invention. The invention also contemplates therapeutic applications for ovarian cancer employing hK9 proteins, nucleic acid molecules encoding the proteins and/or binding agents , for the proteins.
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- Filed October 16, 2002. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 16, 2022.
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