Method for detecting, screening and/or montoring a cancer in individual

Lasse L Hessel (Opfinder), Jesper Malling (Opfinder), Nils Brünner (Opfinder), Mads Holten-Andersen (Opfinder), Hans Jørgen Nielsen (Opfinder)

Publikation: Patent

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for screening and/or detecting and/or monitoring a cancer in an individual, said method comprising determining a first parameter represented by the concentration of TIMP-1 in at least one excreta, e.g. saliva, from the individual. The invention provides a method that without the need to use a blood sample is suitable for facilitating the early diagnosis of a cancer, monitoring the recurrence of a cancer, and/or monitoring the status of a cancer or the effect of cancer treatment in an individual.
OriginalsprogEngelsk
PatentnummerUS 2006/0154245 A1
Journaliseringsdato28/03/2005
StatusUdgivet - 2005

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U.S. Classification 435006000; 435007230

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