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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 15, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2017
Konica Minolta, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Hideki Gouda, Tokyo, JP;
Masaru Takahashi, Kokubunji, JP;
Kensaku Takanashi, Hino, JP;
Hisatake Okada, Tachikawa, JP;
Yuichi Ozaki, Hino, JP;
Yuka Yoshihara, Hino, JP;
Yasushi Nakano, Hino, JP;
Kohsuke Gonda, Sendai, JP;
Noriaki Ohuchi, Sendai, JP;
Mika Watanabe, Sendai, JP;
Norikazu Masuda, Toyonaka, JP;
Masakazu Toi, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroshi Tada, Sendai, JP;
Minoru Miyashita, Sendai, JP;
KONICA MINOLTA, INC., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a test support method which is a means for predicting whether or not pathological complete response (pCR) will be attained when a preoperative chemotherapy with an anticancer drug is performed, the method using a sample (breast cancer tissue section) collected from a breast cancer patient to be subjected to the preoperative chemotherapy. The test support method includes: [1] the step of acquiring a fluorescence image of a breast cancer tissue section, which fluorescence image shows bright spots of fluorescent nanoparticles labeling one or more kinds of breast cancer-related proteins; [2] the step of acquiring at least one index relating to the expression level(s) of the breast cancer-related protein(s) on the basis of the bright spots of the fluorescence image; and [3] the step of acquiring information for predicting pCR by performing an analysis using the above-described at least one index.