METHODS OF PREDICTING CANCER LETHALITY USING REPLIKIN COUNTS

摘要

The present invention provides methods of predicting the relative growth rate, replication rate, or lethality of a first malignancy as compared to another malignancy or as compared to a plurality of malignancies, including methods of predicting the relative growth rate, replication rate, or relative lethality of a primary malignancy as compared to a metastatic malignancy, including comparing the concentration of Replikin sequences in the first malignancy with the concentration of Replikin sequences in another malignancy or malignancies and further provides Replikin peptides and Replikin Peak Genes identified within a malignancy for diagnostic, therapeutic, preventive, and predictive purposes.

主权项

1. A method of predicting the relative rate of growth of at least one first malignancy of an unknown or known type of malignancy comprising:
comparing a Replikin Count of the at least one first malignancy with a Replikin Count of at least one second malignancy of an unknown type or of a different type of malignancy than the at least one first malignancy; and predicting the at least one first malignancy to have a relative rate of growth that is faster than the relative rate of growth of the at least one second malignancy if the Replikin Count of the at least one first malignancy is greater than the Replikin Count of the at least one second malignancy.