Abstract: The invention relates generally to the field of cancer diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods of diagnosing, treating and preventing lung cancer. In particular, aspects of the invention are directed to methods of diagnosing, treating and preventing small cell lung cancers. Methods of using a nucleic acid and/or a protein, which are differentially expressed in tumor cells, and antibodies immunospecific for the protein, to treat, diagnose and/or prevent said cancers, are provided for by the present invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 12, 2007
Date of Patent:
March 13, 2012
Assignee:
Mubio Products BV
Inventors:
Ann Vanderborght, Monique Ida Jozef Ummelen, Franciscus Charles Servatius Ramaekers, Stefan Maarten Van Den Eijnde, Joseph Leonardus Victor Broers, Frank Walter Falkenberg, Christine Hahnel