OSHANNESSY DANIEL J,GRASSO LUIGI,WAN SHANHONG,CHAO QIMIN,SOMERS ELIZABETH BROOKE
申请号:
IN3438/DELNP/2013
公开号:
IN2013DN03438A
申请日:
2013.04.17
申请国别(地区):
IN
年份:
2016
代理人:
摘要:
The present invention provides methods and kits for assessing whether a subject is afflicted with an FRa expressing cancer methods and kits for predicting the progression of ovarian cancer in a subject afflicted with an FRa expressing cancer methods and kits for assessing the level of risk that a subject will develop an FRa expressing cancer and methods of stratifying a subject with an FRa expressing cancer into cancer therapy groups. The methods involve determining the level of folate receptor alpha (FRa) which is not bound to a cell in a sample derived from the subject and comparing this level with the level of FRa in a control sample.