| 摘要 |
The invention is in the field of medical treatments and relates to the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM). In particular it provides means and methods for the improved treatment of certain subgroups of MM patients, more in particular patients with a poor prognosis. In a particular embodiment, the invention provides a method for determining whether a subject with multiple myeloma is likely to respond to a treatment with a proteasome inhibitor wherein the method comprises the step of performing, on a sample from the subject, a gene expression analysis of a number of N genes selected from the group consisting of the genes NUAK1, ITGB7, AGMAT, TFAP2C, CCDC85A, CLEC7A, TMEM37, RNF144A, and CMPK2, wherein N is at least 2and wherein it is concluded that the subject is likely to respond to a treatment with a proteasome inhibitor in case that at least 2 of said N genes are aberrantly expressed. |
