Methods of diagnosing proliferative disorders

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PATENT NO 9664680
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15059797

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The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing and/or prognosing proliferative disorders, especially brain cancers (e.g. gliomas). In particular, the present invention provides a means to conveniently detect malignant tumours merely by assaying or analysing blood (particularly blood serum). Cytokines and/or angiogenesis factors in blood serum have been found to be surprisingly powerful at indicating the presence of brain cancers in a subject. Moreover, spectroscopic analysis, especially ATR-FTIR analysis, of a blood sample has been demonstrated to be surprisingly effective at producing a signature that can be correlated with the presence, extent, severity, or aggressiveness of malignant tumours in a subject.

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UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIREPRESTON LANCASHIRE PR1 2HE

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Abel, Peter Southport, GB 17 178
Baker, Matthew James Lytham St Annes, GB 7 27
Lea, Robert William Preston, GB 3 2

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