Document Type
Patent
Publication Date
November 2012
Patent Number
8309311
Abstract
The invention includes methods for detecting the presence of a neoplastic condition by comparing a sample level of a BIF-1 to a reference, wherein a low level of BIF-1 in the sample correlates with the presence of a neoplastic condition. Another method involves determining the risk of relapse, tumor recurrence and/or metastasis by determining a sample level of a Bif-1 to a reference level of Bif-1, wherein low sample levels correlate with a likelihood of relapse, recurrence and/or metastasis. Yet another method includes detecting the presence of a pre-neoplastic condition, such as prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia. The method involves measuring a level of a Bif-1 in a sample and comparing the level of Bif-1 in the sample to a reference level of Bif-1. High levels of Bif-1 in the sample correlate with the presence of the pre-neoplastic condition.
Application Number
12/730,844
Recommended Citation
Wang, Hong-Gang and Coppola, Domenico, "Method for early detection of cancers" (2012). USF Patents. 362.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_patents/362
Assignees
University of South Florida
Filing Date
03/24/2010
Primary/U.S. Class
435/71
