[EN] MAP3K8 AS A MARKER FOR SELECTING A PATIENT AFFECTED WITH AN OVARIAN CANCER FOR A TREATMENT WITH A MEK INHIBITOR<br/>[FR] MAP3K8 EN TANT QUE MARQUEUR POUR SÉLECTIONNER UNE PATIENTE ATTEINTE D'UN CANCER DE L'OVAIRE POUR UN TRAITEMENT AVEC UN INHIBITEUR DE MEK
申请人:INST CURIE
公开号:WO2016041932A1
公开(公告)日:2016-03-24
The present invention relates to the use of MAP3K8 protein to predict clinical outcome of a patient affected with a cancer, in particular ovarian cancer, or to select a patient for a treatment comprising one MEK inhibitor. The invention further relates to a method for monitoring a patient affected with a high-MAP3K8 ovarian cancer (i.e. an ovarian cancer with a high expression and/or activity level of MAP3K8) to a treatment comprising at least one MEK inhibitor. The invention also further relates to a MEK inhibitor for use in the treatment of high-MAP3K8 ovarian cancer and kit that can be used in the methods of the invention.