Method for detection of oncofetal antigen, for detection of cancer, for evaluation for cancer therapy and diagnostic kit suitable for such purpose.

摘要

An immunoassay, to be carried out in a semi-quantitative or quantitative manner, to determine the amount of an oncofetal antigen associated with peripheral blood mononuclear cells, in which a competitive binding immunoassay for the antigen is carried out using labeled antibody and wherein analogous mononuclear cells carrying a defined amount of the antigen are used as a positive quality control reagent. A diagnostic kit comprising the necessary reagents is also disclosed. The method may be used to detect the presence of cancer and evaluate the effectiveness of cancer therapy.