Patent ID: 9322067
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: B01L,C12Q,C40B,G01N,G16B,G16C,G16H,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method of identifying at least one candidate treatment for a subject in need of treatment for a cancer, comprising: (a) performing an immunohistochemistry (IHC) analysis on a sample from the subject on a plurality of IHC molecular targets, wherein the plurality of IHC molecular targets comprises at least TOP1, TYMS, MGMT, PTEN, and HER2; (b) performing an in situ hybridization (ISH) analysis on the sample on a plurality of ISH molecular targets, wherein the plurality of ISH molecular targets comprises at least HER2 and cMET; (c) performing DNA sequencing analysis on the sample on a plurality of sequencing molecular targets, wherein the plurality of sequencing molecular targets comprises at least PIK3CA, KRAS, and BRAF; (d) using a computer to access a rules database comprising at least one biomarker-drug association rules for each of the molecular targets analyzed in steps (a)-(c); and (e) producing a computer generated report based on a comparison of analysis in steps (a)-(c) against the rules assessed in step (d), wherein the report identifies the at least one candidate treatment.