The present invention provides a method for screening a patient to be administered with a pharmaceutical composition which comprises an anti-cancer antibody as an active ingredient, said method comprising collecting samples from patients who expresses an antigen which is recognized by the anti-cancer antibody, measuring cadherin function in the samples, and selecting a patient whose the cadherin function is decreased or deleted a method for screening a patient who has a high efficacy ratio for a pharmaceutical composition which comprises an anti-cancer antibody as an active ingredient and a method for improving an efficacy ratio for a pharmaceutical composition which comprises an anti-cancer antibody as an active ingredient.
