Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
June 2012
Patent Number
8198019
Abstract
The present invention is a method for early detection of cancer including the steps of identifying tissue from asymptomatic individuals, gathering a substantially homogenous cell population from the tissue by laser capture microdissection (LCM), analyzing the cell population with mass spectrometry and identifying predetermined peaks in the mass spectrometry associated with an overexpression of proteins in premalignant and malignant cells.
Application Number
10/249,385
Recommended Citation
Zhukov, Tatyana A.; Tockman, Melvyn S.; and Johanson, Roy A., "Protein profiling for premalignant tissue" (2012). USF Patents. 330.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/330
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
04/03/2003
Primary/U.S. Class
435/4
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