DIAGNOSIS METHOD FOR THE EARLY DETECTION OF CERVICOUTERINE CANCER BY DETECTING THE EAG1 PROTEIN AS A MARKER OF CERVICAL INTRAEPITHELIAL LESIONS.

摘要

The present invention describes a method for the early detection of cervicouterine cancer (CuCa) by detecting the human protein Eag1 with specific antibodies. The Eag1 protein is differentially expressed in cervical tissue and in close association with the stage development of the disease, thereby cancer being detected in early phases, thus the aforementioned method may be useful as an adjuvant in the opportune detection of CuCa. In addition, the inventive method intends to reduce the percentage of false positive or negative obtained in the cytological detection test (Papanicolaou) and may increase the detection sensibility in the tests currently used for the diagnosis of CuCa.