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Cheryl A. Sherman-Baust0
Colleen D. Hough0
Ellen S. Pizer0
Patrice J. Morin0
Date of Patent
October 9, 2007
0Patent Application Number
102570210
Date Filed
April 3, 2001
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
The present invention features methods of diagnosing and prognosticating ovarian tumors by detecting increased expression of an ovarian tumor marker gene in a subject or in a sample from a subject. Also featured are kits for the aforementioned diagnostic and prognostic methods. In addition, the invention features methods of treating and preventing ovarian tumors, and methods of inhibiting the growth or metastasis of ovarian tumors, by modulating the production or activity of an ovarian tumor marker polypeptide. Further featured are methods of inhibiting the growth or metastasis of an ovarian tumor by contacting an ovarian tumor cell with an antibody that specifically binds an ovarian tumor marker polypeptide.
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