| CPC C12Q 1/6886 (2013.01) [C12Q 2600/112 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A method of pre-surgical risk stratification of a prostate cancer subject, prior to the prostate cancer subject undergoing any prostate surgery, comprising:
determining a gene expression profile for phosphodiesterase 4D variant 7 (PDE4D7) in a biological sample obtained from the prostate cancer subject;
determining a gene expression profile for DExH-box helicase 9 (DHX9) in the same or another biological sample obtained from the prostate cancer subject; and
determining a pre-surgical prognostic risk score for the prostate cancer subject based on the gene expression profile for PDE4D7 and the gene expression profile for DHX9, wherein the determined pre-surgical prognostic risk score for the subject stratifies the prostate cancer subject into a high risk group comprising a high risk of disease progression for the prostate cancer subject; and
administering a primary treatment for the prostate cancer subject based on the pre-surgical prognostic risk score stratifying the prostate cancer subject into a high risk group comprising a high risk of disease progression for the prostate cancer subject, wherein the primary treatment is selected from the group consisting of: (i) at least a partial prostatectomy; (ii) an active therapy selected from radiation treatment, hormone therapy, chemotherapy; and (iii) a combination thereof.
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