Patent ID: 7964408
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of detecting ovarian cancer in a subject comprising the steps of: obtaining a biological sample from said subject; measuring the mass of a lysophospholipid in the biological sample, where the mass determines a subspecies of the lysophospholipid where the lysophospholipid subspecies is selected from the group consisting of lysophosphatidic acid (LPA), lysophosphatidylinositol (LPI), lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P); and quantitatively measuring the amount of the at least one lysophospholipid subspecies, whereby the presence of elevated levels of the at least one lysophospholipid subspecies is indicative of the presence of ovarian cancer.