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USES OF AT LEAST ONE MIRNA, KIT, METHODS FOR DIAGNOSING BREAST CANCER AND METHODS FOR EVALUATING THE RISK OF METASTASIS
| Document type: | Patente |
| Inventor(s): | Márcia Maria Chiquitelli Marques Silveira; René Aloisio da Costa Vieira; Adhemar Longatto Filho; Augusto Ludvik Filip Marino; Adriane Feijo Evangelista; Henrique Cesar Santejo Silveira; Taciane Macedo; Ligia Maria Kerr |
| Applicant: | Fundação Pio XII (FP) |
| Deposit date: | September 2013, 11 |
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| IPC: | C12Q 1/68 C12N 15/113 |
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel uses of at least one microRNA as biomarkers for breast cancer and as biomarkers for metastatic potential in breast cancer. Furthermore, the present invention relates to kits comprising said biomarkers and to methods for diagnosing breast cancer and evaluating the risk of metastasis.
| FAPESP's process: | 10/16796-0 - Evaluation of microRNAs expression in control of invasion and metastasis of breast cancer |
| Grantee: | Márcia Maria Chiquitelli Marques Silveira |
| Principal Investigator: | Márcia Maria Chiquitelli Marques Silveira |
| Institution: | Fundação Pio XII (FP). Hospital do Câncer de Barretos |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |