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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2019
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
DAIICHI SANKYO COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for identifying a subject to whom a medicament containing an anti-hTROP2 antibody is to be given, wherein the subject is a human patient suffering from a cancer, comprising: obtaining a biological sample from the human patient diagnosed as suffering from a cancer; evaluating an amount of expression of the hTROP2 gene at mRNA level in the biological sample; evaluating an amount of expression of the SLFN11 gene at mRNA level in the biological sample, wherein the biological sample is one that is determined to have a high amount of expression of the hTROP2 gene; and identifying the human patient who provided the biological sample, wherein the biological sample is one that is determined to have a high amount of expression of the SLFN11 gene, as a subject to whom a medicament containing an anti-hTROP2 antibody is to be given.