Method And System For Detecting and Differentiating Cancer and Sepsis in Mammals Using Biomarkers

摘要

The invention provides a method and system for developing and using diagnoses of cancer and sepsis in canine subjects using thymidine kinase (TK), c-reactive protein (CRP), and C-type natriuretic peptide (CNP) as biomarkers. The level of each biomarker may be measured and an index may be computed using a two- or a three-biomarker method. The invention provides a predefined scale for the index where each range of the index matches a health condition. The latter allows a practitioner, through computing an index value of a patient, to determine the health status of the patient by comparing the index value to the predefined scale.

主权项

1. A method for detecting cancer in mammals comprising the steps of:
obtaining a blood serum sample from a mammalian subject; obtaining the enzymatic level of thymidine kinase in the blood serum sample; obtaining a concentration of c-reactive protein in said blood serum sample; computing an index value using said thymidine kinase level and said c-reactive protein concentration; and determining that said mammalian subject is affected with cancer if said index value is above a predefined criterion value.