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G01N 33/574 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2459194
Herewith described is a novel method for predicting the sensitivity towards chemotherapy, of a patient in need thereof, which comprises obtaining a blood sample from the patient and detecting the levels of blood glutathione (GSH) as a surrogate marker for glutathione-S-transferase (GST) activity in tumor tissues.
L'invention porte sur un nouveau procédé destiné à prévenir la sensibilité à la chimiothérapie chez un patient nécessitant ce traitement. Le procédé consiste à prélever chez ce patient un échantillon de sang et à détecter les taux de glutathion dans le sang (GSH) utile comme marqueur de substitution dans l'activité de glutathion-S-transférase (GST) dans les tissus tumoraux.
Fowst Camilla
Geroni Maria Cristina Rosa
Tursi Jennifer Margaret
Vreeland Franzanne
Nerviano Medical Sciences S.r.l.
Pharmacia & Italia S.p.a.
Pharmacia & Upjohn Company
Smart & Biggar
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