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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2011
Christoph Schröder, Heidelberg, DE;
Jörg Hoheisel, Wiesloch, DE;
Tatjana Crnogorac-jurcevic, Chislehurst, GB;
Christoph Schröder, Heidelberg, DE;
Jörg Hoheisel, Wiesloch, DE;
Tatjana Crnogorac-Jurcevic, Chislehurst, GB;
DEUTSCHES KREBSFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM, Heidelberg, DE;
QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, London, GB;
Abstract
The present invention pertains to the field of cancer diagnosis. Specifically, it relates to a method for diagnosing pancreas cancer in a subject comprising the steps of determining in a sample of a subject suspected to suffer from pancreas cancer the amount of at least one biomarker selected from the biomarkers shown in Table 1 and comparing the said amount of the at least one biomarker with a reference, whereby pancreas cancer is to be diagnosed. The present invention also contemplates a method for identifying whether a subject is in need of a pancreas cancer therapy comprising the steps of the aforementioned methods and the further step of identifying a subject in need of a pancreas cancer therapy if said subject is to be diagnosed to suffer from pancreas cancer. Contemplated are, furthermore, diagnostic devices and kits for carrying out said methods.