JOEL BYRON NELSON
Medical Practice in Pittsburgh, PA

License number

Pennsylvania MD069351L

Professional information

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Dr. Joel B Nelson, Pittsburgh PA - MD (Doctor of Medicine)

Specialties:

Urology

Address:

Univ Of Pittsburgh Phys Urology
5200 Centre Ave SUITE 209, Pittsburgh 15232
(412) 692-4100 (Phone)

Certifications:

Urology, 2008

Awards:

Healthgrades Honor Roll

Languages:

English

Education:

Medical School
Northwestern Center Feinberg School of Medicine
Graduated: 1988

Joel Nelson, Pittsburgh PA

Work:

Department of Urology
5200 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Joel B Nelson, Pittsburgh PA

Specialties:

Urologist

Address:

5200 Centre Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15232
3471 5Th Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213

Board certifications:

American Board of Urology Certification in Urology

Methods For Diagnosing Prostate Cancer And Predicting Prostate Cancer Relapse

US Patent:

2013007, Mar 28, 2013

Filed:

Sep 14, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/619556

Inventors:

Jianhua Luo - Wexford PA, US
George Konstantine Michalopoulos - Pittsburg PA, US
Joel Byron Nelson - Pittsburgh PA, US
Chi Song - New Haven CT, US
Chien-Cheng Tseng - Pittsburgh PA, US
Yanping Yu - Wexford PA, US

International Classification:

C12Q 1/68

US Classification:

506 9

Abstract:

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for diagnosing prostate cancer and/or determining whether a prostate cancer patient is at increased risk of suffering a relapse, or a rapid relapse, of his cancer. It is based, at least in part, on the results of a comprehensive genome analysis on 241 prostate cancer samples (104 prostate cancer, 85 matched bloods, 49 matched benign prostate tissues adjacent to cancer, and 3 cell lines) which indicate that (i) genome copy number variation (CNV) occurred in both cancer and non-cancer tissues, and (ii) CNV predicts prostate cancer progression.