RARE CLONOTYPES AND USES THEREOF

摘要

The invention is directed to a method of selecting disease-correlated clonotypes that have a reduced likelihood of producing a false positive signal of relapse when used to monitor minimal residual disease. In accordance with the invention, candidate correlating clonotypes are obtained from a patient, the rarity of each is determined either by comparison with a clonotype database or a clonotype model, and one or more of the rarest of such clonotypes are used to monitor the minimal residual disease.