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Method for assessing metastatic properties of breast cancer

  • US 8,163,494 B2
  • Filed: 11/27/2003
  • Issued: 04/24/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/27/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method of determining that a breast tumor is metastatic, the method comprising:

  • (a) obtaining a first sample of breast tumor tissue from a subject;

    (b) obtaining a second sample of breast tumor tissue, which is non-metastatic; and

    (c) determining that a tissue level and/or an activity level of a polypeptide set forth in SEQ ID NO;

    2 is higher in the first breast tumor tissue sample than in the second breast tumor tissue sample;

    thereby determining that the tumor from which the first sample was derived is metastatic.

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