AN IN VITRO METHOD OF DETECTING AND/OR DIAGNOSING CANCER USING UV LIGHT BASED DNA IMAGE CYTOMETRY

摘要

The invention relates to a method of determining in vitro the amount of nuclear DNA within a human or animal cell using UV absorption measurement with UV light. The invention also relates to a method for detecting in vitro cancerous cells in a biological sample relying on the aforementioned principles. The invention also relates to an in vitro method of diagnosing or predicting the likely occurrence of cancer in a human or animal subject.