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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2008
Yasuhiro Otomo, Kobe, JP;
Kazuki Nakabayashi, Kobe, JP;
Kayo Shoji, Kobe, JP;
Hideki Takata, Kobe, JP;
Yasuhiro Otomo, Kobe, JP;
Kazuki Nakabayashi, Kobe, JP;
Kayo Shoji, Kobe, JP;
Hideki Takata, Kobe, JP;
Sysmex Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
The invention provides a method for judging whether cancer cells are present or not in a sample, comprising a obtaining step of obtaining values related to an expression level of a caner marker gene and a housekeeping gene; a first comparing step of comparing the value related to the expression level of the cancer marker gene with a first threshold value; a normalizing step of normalizing the value related to the expression level of the cancer marker gene based on the value related to the expression level of the housekeeping gene; a second comparing step of comparing the normalized value with a second threshold value; and a judging step of judging whether cancer cells are present or not in the sample based on comparison results obtained in the first and second comparing steps, as well as an apparatus for judging whether cancer cells are present or not.