Patents by Inventor Ngan-Ming Tsang

Ngan-Ming Tsang 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).

  • Potentiation of nanopharyngeal cancer radiotherapy by inhibitors of leukemia inhibitory factor
    Patent number: 9194872
    Abstract: A method for evaluation of cancer diagnosis following cancer radiotherapy, comprising: providing a serum sample of a cancer patient prior to the cancer radiotherapy; and measuring a leukemia inhibitory factor concentration in the serum sample. Also provided is a method for potentiation of cancer radiotherapy, comprising: administrating a leukemia inhibitory factor inhibitor or a leukemia inhibitory factor receptor inhibitor to a subject in need of the cancer radiotherapy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: Chang Gung University
    Inventors: Yu-Sun Chang, Shu-Chen Liu, Ngan-Ming Tsang
  • EVALUATION OF CANCER DIAGNOSIS FOLLOWING CANCER RADIOTHERAPY AND POTENTIATION OF CANCER RADIOTHERAPY
    Publication number: 20150133376
    Abstract: A method for evaluation of cancer diagnosis following cancer radiotherapy, comprising: providing a serum sample of a cancer patient prior to the cancer radiotherapy; and measuring a leukemia inhibitory factor concentration in the serum sample. Also provided is a method for potentiation of cancer radiotherapy, comprising: administrating a leukemia inhibitory factor inhibitor or a leukemia inhibitory factor receptor inhibitor to a subject in need of the cancer radiotherapy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yu-Sun Chang, Shu-Chen Liu, Ngan-Ming Tsang