Inventors:
Stephen R. Hammes - Rochester NY, US
Aritro Sen - Rochester NY, US
Assignee:
UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER - Rochester NY
International Classification:
G01N 33/68, A61K 31/7088
US Classification:
4241721, 436501, 514 44 A, 536 245, 5303917, 435 71
Abstract:
The present invention relates to methods for assessing the aggressiveness or proliferative activity of a cancer that is capable of both androgen-dependent and steroid-independent growth and proliferation; as well as methods and therapeutic agents for the treatment of such cancers including, among others, prostate cancers, testicular cancers, breast cancers, endometrial cancers, uterine cancers, and ovarian cancers.