METHOD FOR RATING CANCERATION DEGREE OF MAMMAL-DERIVED SPECIMEN

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for rating the canceration degree of a mammal-derived specimen based on detecting gene abnormality, suitable for evaluating diagnostic or therapeutic methods for discovering cancer at early stages.

SOLUTION: This method for rating the canceration degree of the mammal-derived specimen comprises (1) the 1st step of assaying the methylation frequency of PPARG angiopoietin-related protein gene contained in the specimen or an index value correlated with the methylation frequency and (2) the 2nd step of determining the canceration degree based on a difference obtained by comparing the above methylation frequency or index value with the corresponding control.

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