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Methods for disease detection

  • US 6,586,177 B1
  • Filed: 12/07/1999
  • Issued: 07/01/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for determining the presence of cancer or precancer, the method comprising the steps of:

  • determining an amount of nucleic acid, using an assay that detects both wild-type and mutant nucleic acid, in a patient sample comprising shed cells or cellular debris; and

    identifying said patient as having cancer or precancer if said amount is greater than expected in a sample obtained from a healthy patient.

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