THE PRESENT INVENTION RELATES TO METHODS FOR PREDICTION OF THE THERAPEUTIC SUCCESS OF BREAST CANCER THERAPY

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for predicting a clinical response of a patient suffering from or at risk of developing gynecologic cancer towards a given mode of treatment, said method comprising the steps of : a) obtaining a biological sample from said patient; b) determining the expression level of at least one gene selected from the group comprising ALCAM, Osteopontin, Her-2/neu, EGFR, uPA/PAI-1 and/or ESRl, in particular of ALCAM and/or Osteopontin, in said sample; c) comparing the pattern of expression level (s) determined in (b) with one or several reference pattern (s) of ex pression levels; and d) predicting therapeutic success for said given mode of treatment in said patient or implementing therapeutic regimen in said patient from the outcome of the comparison in step (c).