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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1999
Helga Naundorf, Bernau, DE;
Claudia Neumann, Bernau, DE;
Iduna Fichtner, Berlin, DE;
Michael Becker, Berlin, DE;
Abstract
The invention concerns a method for detecting a hormone or antihormone resistance in cancers. The invention is intended for use in medicine, biology and the pharmaceutical industry. The aim of the invention is to consistently improve the use of antihormones in the treatment of cancer so that unnecessary treatment can be avoided as much as possible. The aim is to develop a method which can be used to identify the type of cancer before corresponding antihormone treatment is given. This aim is achieved by measuring the immune reactivity of the hormone receptors of cancers. The method as per the invention is characterized in that an antihormone receptor antibody, which is attached to a solid, is incubated with a prepared cytosol from the cancer tissue being investigated and, following removal of the liquid, is once again incubated with the addition of the respective hormone or antihormone, then a second enzyme-labelled antibody is added, the color reaction measured and the determined value for the immune reaction is compared with the control value which is obtained in the same way but without the respective hormone or antihormone being incubated.