Automated analysis of circulating tumor cells
US10082508B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2016 |
| Grant date | Sep 25, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2036 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/56
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The disclosure provides methods for automated characterization of circulating tumor cells (CTCs), for example using automated tissue strainers. In specific examples, such methods permit characterizing a prostate cancer sample by simultaneously or contemporaneously detecting ERG rearrangements and PTEN deletions in the same CTC. Also provided are kits that can be used with such methods.
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