METHODS OF IDENTIFYING PATIENTS WITH OVARIAN EPITHELIAL NEOPLASMS BASED ON HIGH-RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY

摘要

Methods for identifying patients with ovarian neoplasms are provided herein comprising performing an assay step of detecting a metabolite in a serum sample of a patient where the metabolite is probably not produced by a tumor but could induce the development of a tumor, and the presence of the metabolite being indicative of an increased likelihood that the patient has ovarian cancer,