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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
May. 08, 2009
Tokuzo Arao, Osaka, JP;
Kazuko Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuto Nishio, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kitano, Osaka, JP;
Masatoshi Kudo, Osaka, JP;
Tokuzo Arao, Osaka, JP;
Kazuko Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Kazuto Nishio, Osaka, JP;
Hiroki Sakamoto, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kitano, Osaka, JP;
Masatoshi Kudo, Osaka, JP;
Sumitomo Bakelite Company Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides novel markers for diagnosing pancreatic cancer, and methods for determining if a subject has pancreatic cancer utilizing the markers, etc. The methods involve comparing mass-spectrometric peaks of certain sugar chains, obtained from patients' blood and determining if there is a significant decrease in peak intensity, compared with corresponding peaks from patients without pancreatic cancer.