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Methods for identifying treating or monitoring asymptomatic patients for risk reduction or therapeutic treatment of breast cancer

US6638727B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 17, 1999
Grant dateOct 28, 2003
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Expiry dateMay 17, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2333/723
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention is to methods for identifying asymptomatic patients who have a likelihood of benefiting from administration of an estrogen activity modulator for risk reduction or therapeutic treatment of breast cancer, methods for reducing risk or therapeutically treating these asymptomatic patients, and methods for monitoring the treatments.

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