Patent ID: 7166427
Filing Date: 2007-01-23
Classification: C12Q

Abstract:
1. A method for detecting the presence of at least one of squamous cell carcinoma and prostate cancer in a subject comprising: providing from the subject a tissue sample that is suspected of being cancerous, wherein the tissue sample is obtained from one or more of the head, neck, and prostate of the subject; providing at least one nucleic acid probe or primer that is capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions with a nucleic acid having the sequence of either SEQ ID NO:1 or SEQ ID NO:3; and assaying the sample with at least one nucleic acid probe or primer to detect in the sample ribonucleic acid the is capable of hybridizing under stringent conditions with the at least one probe or primer; wherein reduced level of detected ribonucleic acid, as compared to normal tissue sample taken from the same tissue of the same subject, is indicative of the presence of at least one squamous cell carcinoma and prostate cancer.