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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2013
Atlas Antibodies Ab, Stockholm, SE;
Karin Jirstrom, Limhamn, SE;
Atlas Antibodies AB, Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
There is provided a method for determining whether a mammalian subject having a bladder cancer belongs to a first or a second group, wherein the prognosis of subjects of the second group is worse than the prognosis of subjects of the first group, comprising the steps of: a) evaluating an amount of PODXL in at least part of a sample earlier obtained from the subject and determining a sample value corresponding to the evaluated amount; b) comparing said sample value with a predetermined reference value; and if said sample value is higher than said reference value, c1) concluding that the subject belongs to the second group; and if said sample value is lower than or equal to said reference value, c2) concluding that the subject belongs to the first group.