Method and system for detecting and differentiating cancer and sepsis in mammals using biomarkers
US8940869B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 8, 2012 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 19, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N2800/7095
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention provides a method and system for developing and using diagnoses of cancer and sepsis in canine subjects using Thymidine kinase (TK), c-reactive protein (CRP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) as biomarkers. The level of each biomarker may be measured and an index may be computed using a two- or a three-biomarker method. The invention provides a predefined scale for the index where each range of the index matches a health condition. The latter allows a practitioner, through computing an index value of a patient, to determine the health status of the patient by comparing the index value to the predefined scale.
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