Patent ID: 9733251
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61K,A61P,C07K,C12Q,G01N

Claim:
1. A method of detecting a nucleic acid which codes for a tumor-associated antigen in a biological sample comprising tissue isolated from the pancreas, stomach, breast, ovaries, prostate or esophagus of a human patient having or suspected of having a cancer disease; wherein said nucleic acid comprises a sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 9 and a sequence that is at least 90% identical to SEQ ID NO: 9; and wherein the method comprises: detecting the presence of the nucleic acid in the sample by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification with a primer set consisting of a first primer having a sequence that can hybridize to SEQ ID NO: 9 and a second primer having a sequence that can hybridize to a nucleic acid that is complementary to SEQ ID NO: 9, which can amplify a nucleic acid fragment of SEQ ID NO: 9 under PCR conditions; and wherein the primer set consists of SEQ ID NO: 11 and SEQ ID NO: 12.