Approximately 20% of colorectal cancer patients with stage II colorectal cancer experience relapse of the disease. Current clinical-pathologic stratification factors do not allow clear identification of these high-risk patients. The invention is a powerful prognostic biomarker in colorectal cancer, especially in early stages (stages I and II), which might help stratifying patients with stage II for adjuvant chemotherapy.
The invention provides a gene expression classifier that distinguishes patients with low or high risk of disease relapse in colorectal cancer and that might be used in the clinics to help clinicians identify high-risk patients and choose the most appropriate treatment for a given patient.
ADVANTAGES
• Cost efficient and easy-to-use solution for colon cancer management
• Identification of patients at high-risk in stage II MMR-P patients
• Prevent overtreatment with chemotherapy
• Improved prognostic accuracy
TECHNOLOGY AND IP STATUS
The invention has been implemented and tested in several public available databases containing clinical data on colorectal cancer patients.
Patent: LU100371 NOVEL BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER DIAGNOSIS, PREDICTION OR STAGING Filling date: 14-Aug-2017
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