Inventors:
Barry Berger - Chestnut Hill MA, US
Steven Laken - Pepperell MA, US
Stanley Lapidus - Bedford NH, US
International Classification:
C12Q001/68
Abstract:
The invention provides methods of screening for disease in a patient by performing a non-invasive or minimally invasive genetic assay on a sample from the patient to detect characteristics indicative of the presence of a disease in the sample at a predetermined time following the performance of a diagnostic procedure on a patient to detect characteristics indicative of the presence of a disease. Methods of this invention are useful in screening for cancer.