Method and probe set for detecting cancer
US6174681A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 5, 1999 |
| Grant date | Jan 16, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 5, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Q2600/156
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Methods for detecting cancer that include hybridizing a set of chromosomal probes to a biological sample obtained from a patient, and identifying if aneusomic cells are present in a selected subset of cells obtained from the biological sample are described. A set of chromosomal probes and kits for detecting cancer that include sets of chromosomal probes, are also described.
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