Patents Assigned to HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND
  • Method for selecting patients for treatment with an EGFR inhibitor
    Patent number: 8609354
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cancer diagnostics and therapies and to the detection of alterations in cancer cells that are diagnostic, prognostic or predictive. In particular, the present invention provides a method for detecting and analyzing whether a patient suffering from a cancer is responsive to the treatment with an EGFR inhibitor. In the method, a tissue section from a cancer sample is subjected to assays based on immunohistochemistry and enzymatic metallography.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: Hospital District of Southwest Finland
    Inventors: Olli Carpén, Minnamaija Lintunen, Raija Ristamäki, Jari Sundström, Annika Ålgars
  • METHOD FOR SELECTING PATIENTS FOR TREATMENT WITH AN EGFR INHIBITOR
    Publication number: 20110217296
    Abstract: The present invention relates to cancer diagnostics and therapies and to the detection of alterations in cancer cells that are diagnostic, prognostic or predictive. In particular, the present invention provides a method for detecting and analyzing whether a patient suffering from a cancer is responsive to the treatment with an EGFR inhibitor. In the method, a tissue section from a cancer sample is subjected to assays based on immunohistochemistry and enzymatic metallography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Applicant: HOSPITAL DISTRICT OF SOUTHWEST FINLAND
    Inventors: Olli CARPEN, Minnamaija LINTUNEN, Raija RISTAMAKI, Jari SUNDSTROM, Annika ALGARS