Patent ID: 7939274
Filing Date: 2011-05-10
Classification: A61K,C07K,C12Q,G01N,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of diagnosing prostate cancer in a mammal, said method comprising obtaining a biological sample from said mammal, assessing the level of PCADM-1 in said biological sample, and comparing the level of PCADM-1 in said biological sample with the level of PCADM-1 in a biological sample obtained from a like mammal not afflicted with prostate cancer, wherein a higher level of PCADM-1 in said biological sample from said mammal compared with the level of PCADM-1 in said biological sample from said like mammal is an indication that said mammal is afflicted with prostate cancer, thereby diagnosing prostate cancer in said mammal, wherein the sequence of PCADM-1 comprises the sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:2.