申请人:Jones Paul Alexander
公开号:US20130183240A1
公开(公告)日:2013-07-18
The present invention provides a method useful in the diagnosis and monitoring of cancer wherein there is an abnormal expression of PBR. The method of the invention is particularly useful in evaluating the severity of the cancer, e.g. PBR expression correlates with cell proliferation rates, metastatic potential, tumour aggressiveness, malignancy progression. The method of the invention can therefore be applied in the determination of likely disease progression and in making an associated prognosis. Furthermore, the method of the invention can find use in determining the likely success of certain therapeutic approaches, or in the evaluation of the efficacy of certain proposed new treatments.
本发明提供了一种在癌症诊断和监测中有用的方法,其中PBR的表达异常。本发明的方法特别适用于评估癌症的严重程度,例如PBR的表达与细胞增殖率、转移潜力、肿瘤侵袭性、恶性进展相关。因此,本发明的方法可用于确定可能的疾病进展,并作出相关预后。此外,本发明的方法可用于确定某些治疗方法的可能成功率,或评估某些拟议新治疗方法的疗效。