The invention generally features compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of neoplasia in a subject, as well as methods of treatment selection.

The invention provides novel methods of determining or comparing potency of a test interferon relative to rSIFN-co (an interferon having therapeutic effects on solid tumors); methods of establishing substantial equivalence between a test interferon and rSIFN-co; as well as methods for determining potency of a test interferon, kits for determination of such methods, and an interferon or an interferon substitute having said activities.

The invention generally relates to antibodies that bind to human folate receptor and diagnostic assays for folate receptor 1-based therapies. Methods of using the antibodies to monitor therapy are further provided.

This invention provides novel carbonic anhydrase (CAIX) nucleic acid and peptide sequences, as well as related methods and compositions, including anti-cancer immunogenic agent(s) (e.g. vaccines and chimeric molecules) that elicit an immune response specifically directed against cancer cells expressing a CAIX antigenic marker. The novel CAIX variant and related compositions are useful in a wide variety of treatment modalities including, but not limited to protein vaccination, DNA vaccination, and adoptive immunotherapy.

The present invention relates to detection of cancer, or assessment of risk of development thereof. In particular, the present invention provides compositions and methods detection of field carcinogenesis by identification of ultrastructural and molecular markers in a subject.

An object of the present invention is to provide an effective method of predicting an effect of treatment by a PD-1/PD-L1 blockade, which is a method of predicting whether or not PD-1/PD-L1 blockade is effective for treatment of a subject suffering from a malignant tumor, which comprises detecting abnormality of genome relating to effectiveness of the PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in a tumor cell taken from the subject and evaluating the PD-1/PD-L1 blockade as useful for the treatment of the subject when there is the abnormality.

The present disclosure relates to compounds that are useful as near-infrared fluorescence probes, wherein the compounds include i) a ligand that binds to a target receptor protein, ii) a dye molecule, and iii) a linker molecule that comprises an amino acid or derivative thereof. The disclosure further describes methods and compositions for making and using the compounds, methods incorporating the compounds, and kits incorporating the compounds. The disclosure also relates to compositions for incorporating the compounds as used for the targeted imaging of tumors. Conjugation of the amino acid linking groups increase specificity and detection of the compound. Methods and compositions for use thereof in diagnostic imaging are contemplated.

The invention encompasses methods of treating a patient with cancer, such as glioblastoma. The methods may include the administration of one or more pharmaceutical compositions that are capable of inhibiting TROY to treat the patient with cancer.

The current disclosure provides methods for detecting and analyzing KRT4 and KRT17 expression in a sample obtained from a test subject. The current disclosure pertains to methods and kits for identifying a mammalian subject with cervical cancer or non-cancerous lesions of the cervix. The current disclosure further provides methods and kits for determining the likelihood of survival or treatment outcome of a subject having cervical cancer by determining the expression level of KRT17 in a sample.

The invention includes the use of the HE/HE4a markers to assess ovarian cancer in a subject. Included also are compositions and methods of using HE/HE4a marker for diagnosis, grading and staging of ovarian cancers, determining prognosis and treatment effectiveness of a subject who has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer.