This disclosure is in the field of molecular biology and medical diagnosis and provides means and methods for determining the prognosis and disease outcome of a subject having a melanoma. More in particular, this disclosure provides a method for determining whether a subject having a melanoma has a poor prognosis, the method comprising the step of determining in a sample from the subject whether the LY75 promoter is methylated and if the LY75 promoter is methylated, classifying the subject as having a poor prognosis.
本公开属于
分子生物学和医学诊断领域,提供了确定
黑色素瘤患者预后和疾病结局的手段和方法。更具体地说,本公开提供了一种用于确定患有
黑色素瘤的受试者是否预后不良的方法,该方法包括以下步骤:在受试者的样本中确定 LY75 启动子是否甲基化,如果 LY75 启动子甲基化,则将受试者归类为预后不良。