Sekisui Medical Co., Ltd.

Chiaki Nakaseko

Yasushi Saito

Hiroyuki Ebinuma

Kohei Takubo

Isamu Fukamachi

Hideaki Bujo

Masanao Matsuo

Saishu Yoshida

Provided is a detection method for a malignant tumor cell, including measuring a protein marker expressed on a malignant tumor cell surface. The detection method for a malignant tumor cell includes measuring LR11 on a cell surface in a sample to be tested.

Method for detecting malignant tumor cells

To provide a method and a diagnostic kit for determining the presence of a malignant tumor or the severity thereof, a method for selecting a therapeutic method therefor or evaluating the effect of the therapeutic method, or a method for estimating the risk of recurrence of the malignant tumor or determining the presence or absence of the recurrence. The method for determining the presence of a malignant tumor or the severity thereof, method for selecting a therapeutic method therefor or evaluating the effect of the therapeutic method, or method for estimating the risk of recurrence of the malignant tumor or the presence or absence of the recurrence is characterized by including 1) a step of measuring the concentration and/or quantity of soluble LR11 in a sample originating from a subject and 2) a step of comparing the value measured above with a measurement value of soluble LR11 obtained from a healthy subject group.

Method for diagnosing malignant tumor

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Chiba, Japan

Chiaki Nakaseko