摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new method for prognostication of the outcome of a cancer in a patient. <P>SOLUTION: For a positive outcome of a cancer, data for good prognosis of survival time of a patient is provided by quantification of a high density of CD3+ cells, CD8+ cells, CD45RO+ cells or Granzyme-B+ cells at the site of a tumor, either in the central part of the tumor or in the invasive margin thereof; and by comparing prescribed reference values with quantitative values obtained for the cell density of at least one cell type in a CT tumor tissue sample and an IM tumor tissue sample. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |