METHODS FOR DETECTING AN INCREASED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO CANCER

• Main Authors: FREIDMAN EITAN, LEVY ASAF
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.09.2011
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; DERIVATIVES THEREOF; ENZYMOLOGY; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NUCLEIC ACIDS; NUCLEOSIDES; NUCLEOTIDES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SPIRITS; SUGARS; VINEGAR; WINE

The invention relates to methods for detecting an altered susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer in a subject carrying a BRCA mutation, comprising determining the nucleic acid sequence of a polymorphism of a microRNA-related gene.