Patent ID: 9375448
Filing Date: 2016-06-28
CPC Classification: A61K,C12N,G01N

Claim Text:
1. A method for determining prognosis of a subject suffering from cancer, comprising: (i) encapsulating a sample of cancer cells taken from said subject in an agarose containing, agarose coated bead; (ii) contacting said agarose containing, agarose coated bead with an anti-cancer agent known to be effective against said cancer cells, said anti-cancer agent being contacted to said bead at a concentration known to be effective, for a period of time known to be effective; (iii) determining number of cancer cells remaining in said bead after the period of time of (ii); and (iv) wherein a high number of said cancer cells as compared to a patient with a good prognosis is indicative of a poor prognosis for said subject.