Method of predicting survival of a non-small-cell lung cancer patient to a chemotherapeutic treatment

摘要

Method for predicting the survival of a patient suffering from NSCLC to an antimicrotubule agent based chemotherapy treatment which comprises the step of determining the methylation state of a nucleic acid encoding CHFR in a biological sample from the patient, wherein the presence of methylation is indicative of longer survival of said patient as a response to said chemotherapy treatment. The methylation status of the CHFR gene can be easily determined in a serum sample.