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US 7,364,862 · App. 10/929,973 · Granted Apr 29, 2008

Method of diagnosing, monitoring, staging, imaging and treating prostate cancer

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Patent No.
US 7,364,862
App. No.
10/929,973
Granted
Apr 29, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a new method for detecting, diagnosing, monitoring, staging, prognosticating, imaging and treating prostate cancer.

Claims (6)

1. A method for diagnosing the presence of prostate cancer in a patient comprising:

(a) measuring levels of CSG in prostate, tissues or bodily fluids in a patient; and

(b) comparing the measured levels of CSG with levels of CSG in prostate, tissues or bodily fluids from a non-cancerous control, wherein an increase in measured levels of CSG in said patient versus non-cancerous control is associated with the presence of prostate cancer,

wherein said CSG comprises SEQ ID NO:2.

2. A method of imaging prostate cancer in a patient comprising administering to the patient an antibody which specifically binds a CSG comprising SEQ ID NO:2.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said antibody is labeled with paramagnetic ions or a radioisotope.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: GENERAL ATOMICS
To: DIAZYME LABORATORIES, INC.
Reel/Frame 041651/0661 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2017
From: DIADEXUS, INC.
To: GENERAL ATOMICS
Reel/Frame 041245/0899 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2016
From: ALI, SHUJATH M.; SUN, YONGMING; SALCEDA, SUSANA; RECIPON, HERVE; CAFFERKEY, ROBERT
To: DIADEXUS, INC.
Reel/Frame 040791/0704 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 28, 2016
From: DIADEXUS, INC.
To: DIADEXUS, INC.
Reel/Frame 040791/0732 →