A METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING ASTROCYTIC TUMORS BY DETECTING CHROMOSOMAL ABERRATION

摘要

The present invention provides a method for diagnosing prognosis of astrocytic tumors which comprises the step of predicting a survival rate after surgery of a patient by detecting amplification of human chromosome 7 short arm or human chromosome 8 long arm in the chromosomes of cancer cells derived from a patient suffering from astrocytic tumors and a method for diagnosing malignancy of astrocytic tumors which comprises the step of detecting amplification of human chromosome 7 short arm in the chromosomes of cancer cells derived from a patient suffering from astrocytic tumors.