TY - PAT
T1 - Method for detecting, screening and/or montoring a cancer in individual
AU - Hessel, Lasse L
AU - Malling, Jesper
AU - Brünner, Nils
AU - Holten-Andersen, Mads
AU - Nielsen, Hans Jørgen
N1 - U.S. Classification 435006000; 435007230
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - The invention relates to a method for screening and/or detecting and/or monitoring a cancer in an individual, said method comprising determining a first parameter represented by the concentration of TIMP-1 in at least one excreta, e.g. saliva, from the individual. The invention provides a method that without the need to use a blood sample is suitable for facilitating the early diagnosis of a cancer, monitoring the recurrence of a cancer, and/or monitoring the status of a cancer or the effect of cancer treatment in an individual.
AB - The invention relates to a method for screening and/or detecting and/or monitoring a cancer in an individual, said method comprising determining a first parameter represented by the concentration of TIMP-1 in at least one excreta, e.g. saliva, from the individual. The invention provides a method that without the need to use a blood sample is suitable for facilitating the early diagnosis of a cancer, monitoring the recurrence of a cancer, and/or monitoring the status of a cancer or the effect of cancer treatment in an individual.
M3 - Patent
M1 - US 2006/0154245 A1
Y2 - 2005/03/28
ER -