DIAGNOSTIC METHOD FOR DETECTING CANCER BY MEASURING AMOUNT OF A CYTOKINE LIKE IL-6

The present invention relates to a diagnostic method for predicting the possible recurrence of tumours in cancer patients. The method comprises culturing blood cells from a patient suffering from cancer in the presence of a cytokine stimulating factor, where after the amount of induced cytokine ther...

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Hauptverfasser:	CLINCHY, BIRGITTA, HÅKANSSON, LEIF, SJÖDAHL, RUNE
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING METALLURGY ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES PHYSICS TESTING
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention relates to a diagnostic method for predicting the possible recurrence of tumours in cancer patients. The method comprises culturing blood cells from a patient suffering from cancer in the presence of a cytokine stimulating factor, where after the amount of induced cytokine thereby produced is determined giving an indication of the risk of recurrence of the cancer.