METHOD AND KIT FOR DETECTING CANCER-METASTASIZED SITE, AND METHOD FOR TREATING CANCER USING THE METHOD OR KIT

摘要

The object aims to detect a cancer-metastasized site prior to surgery or during surgery and carry out a surgical operation while specifying an area where cancer has been metastasized in advance, in a surgical treatment of the cancer. Disclosed is a method for detecting a cancer-metastasized site in a patient in a surgical treatment of cancer. The method comprises the steps of: collecting a biopsy sample of a cancer tissue from the patient prior to the surgical operation; carrying out in vitro immunologically staining of the collected sample with at least one antibody directed against a protein that can be expressed specifically in the cancer; selecting at least one antibody capable of staining a cancer cell contained in the biopsy sample; and carrying out the imaging of the patient using the selected antibody.