Jinhua Wang from Hacienda Heights, CA, age 76

Methods For Diagnosis, Prognosis And Treatment Of Primary And Metastatic Basal-Like Breast Cancer And Other Cancer Types
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US Patent:

20150376712, Dec 31, 2015
Filed:

Jun 24, 2015
Appl. No.:

14/749419
Inventors:

- Santa Monica CA, US
Sanjay Bagaria - Los Angeles CA, US
Xiaojiang Cui - Pearland TX, US
Jinhua Wang - Los Angeles CA, US
International Classification:

C12Q 1/68
Abstract:

In one embodiment, a method of theranostic classification of a breast cancer tumor is provided, comprising obtaining a breast cancer tumor sample from a subject, detecting an expression level of FOXC1, comparing the expression level of FOXC1 to a predetermined cutoff level, and classifying the breast cancer tumor sample as belonging to a theranostic basal-like breast cancer tumor subtype or a theranostic hybrid basal-like breast cancer tumor subtype when the expression level of FOXC1 is higher than the predetermined cutoff level. In other embodiments, methods for predicting a prognosis of a basal-like breast cancer and methods of treating a basal-like breast cancer are provided,