Patent ID: 9671406
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,G01N,Y10T

Claim:
1. A method of treating a cancer of the breast, lung, colon, prostate, or head and neck in a mammal with a chemotherapeutic regimen or other anticancer regimen comprising paclitaxel, said method comprising: (a) isolating a biological sample of cancerous cells from the mammal, (b) detecting the expression of SPARC protein in the biological sample, (c) quantifying the amount of SPARC protein in the biological sample to determine whether the biological sample is positive for SPARC expression, (d) detecting the expression of Her2 protein in the biological sample, (e) quantifying the amount of Her2 protein in the biological sample to determine if the biological sample is positive for Her2 expression, and (f) if the biological sample is positive for SPARC expression and positive for Her2 expression, administering a therapeutically effective amount of the chemotherapeutic regimen or other anticancer regimen to the mammal.