METHOD FOR PREDICTION OF EFFECTIVENESS OF RAR-a AGONIST

摘要

Disclosed is a method for prediction of the prophylactic and/or therapeutic effect of an RAR-a agonist on a malignant tumor. The method comprises the steps of measuring the expression amounts of a molecule belonging to the p160 family and a molecule belonging to the SP110 family in a sample collected from a malignant tumor in a patient, and determining that an RAR-a agonist is effective for the treatment of the malignant tumor in the patient when the expression amount of the molecule belonging to the p160 family is dominant in the balance between the expression amounts of the molecule belonging to the p160 family and the molecule belonging to the SP110 family.