Methods for prediction of clinical outcome to epidermal growth factor receptor inhibitors by non-small cell lung cancer patients

US9434994B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate · US

Inventors

• Marileila Varella Garcia · Greenwood Village, US
• Paul Bunn · Evergreen, US
• Federico Cappuzzo · Bologna, IT
• Wilbur Franklin · Richmond, US
• Fred R. Hirsch · Denver, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 5, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 6, 2016
• Expiry date: Jul 5, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12Q2600/158
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are methods to obtain an expression score to evaluate gene expression in a tissue specimen obtained from a person having or suspected of having cancer.