Patents by Inventor Clifford Hudis

Clifford Hudis has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • CROWN-LIKE STRUCTURES AS A BIOMARKER FOR CANCER RISK AND CANCER PROGNOSIS
    Publication number: 20130324617
    Abstract: Chronic inflammation increases the risk of several epithelial malignancies. The present invention provides methods for determining cancer risk in a patient which comprises detecting the presence of crown-like structures (CLS), methods for treating cancer associated with CLS presence, methods for determining cancer risk in a patient by quantifying the number of CLS in a sample of adipose tissue of the patient, methods of determining prognosis of a patient with breast cancer or other cancers by detecting CLS, and screening methods for anti-cancer agents or agents that inhibit or reduce CLS formation or consequences thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicants: MEMORIAL SLOAN-KETTERING CANCER CENTER, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Andrew J. Dannenberg, Kotha Subbaramaiah, Clifford Hudis