Methods for Detecting Or Monitoring Cancer Using LPC As a Marker

A method of detecting a cancer, such as ovarian cancer, in a test subject including (a) determining the amount of a lysophosphatidyl choline in a sample of a bodily fluid taken from the test subject, and (b) comparing the amount of the lysophosphatidyl choline in the sample of the bodily fluid taken from the test subject to a range of amounts of lysophosphatidyl choline found in samples of the bodily fluid taken from a group of normal subjects of the same species as the test subject and lacking the cancer, such as ovarian cancer, whereby a change in the amount of the lysophosphatidyl choline in the sample of the bodily fluid taken from the test subject indicates the presence of the cancer, such as ovarian cancer.

Patents:
EP 2,210,107 issued 2010-07-28   [MORE INFO]

Inventor(s): SHAN LIAN [US]; SUTPHEN REBECCA [US]

Type of Offer: Licensing



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