Patent ID: 7879614
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting neoplasia, a precancerous condition, or cancer of the breast in a subject comprising: treating a sample of breast fluid from the subject with an aldehyde detecting reagent, wherein the sample of breast fluid comprises duct secretion obtained from a nipple; wherein the breast fluid is treated directly, such that the breast fluid does not undergo pretreatment or modification prior to contacting the aldehyde detecting reagent, where the detection of a change in a detectable property produced by treating the breast fluid with the aldehyde detecting reagent compared to a control is indicative of neoplasia, a precancerous condition, or cancer; wherein the detectable property comprises one or more of: color, spectral properties, spectral absorption, fluorescence, chemi-luminescence, mass spectral properties or chromatographic properties.