METHODS FOR EARLY DETECTION OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT CANCER

摘要

Methods and kits for diagnosing cancer or a pre-malignant lesion by determining the presence and/or level of circulating CD24 of a subject are provided. Also provided are methods and kits for determining if a subject is predisposed to gastrointestinal cancer by the determining the presence or absence, in a homozygous or heterozygous form of cancer associated genotype(s) in the CD24 and/or APC nucleic acid sequences. Also provided are methods and kits for monitoring efficacy of cancer therapy by determining the presence and/or level of circulating CD24 of a subject.