Patent ID: 8409808
Filing Date: 2013-04-02
Classification: C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for assessing the risk of developing high grade cervical dysplasia or cancer in a patient diagnosed as having low grade cervical dysplasia or no cervical dysplasia, comprising: i) obtaining a cervical sample from the patient; ii) detecting any genomic amplification of chromosome 3q in the cervical sample; and iii) identifying the patient as at risk of developing high grade cervical dysplasia or cancer when genomic amplification of chromosome 3q is detected in the cervical sample; or identifying the patient as not at risk of developing high grade cervical dysplasia or cancer, and/or as having a condition of maintenance or regression of low grade cervical dysplasia, when genomic amplification of chromosome 3q is not detected in the cervical sample.