Method of predicting metastasis of oral cavity cancer into cervical lymph node and diagnosis kit to be used in the prediction

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PATENT NO 8129122
APP PUB NO 20090317813A1
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12310331

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A method for objectively predicting possibility of metastasis to a cervical lymph node in an early stage for an individual case diagnosed as an oral cavity cancer, and a diagnosis kit to be used in the prediction are provided. The method includes a step of assaying expression amounts of metastasis prediction genes in which the expression amounts are changed between a metastasis group and a non-metastasis group, with respect to a sample collected from a primary legion of the oral cavity cancer. Further, the method includes a step of predicting the possibility of the metastasis by comparing the expression amounts of the metastasis gene group with the expression amounts of the metastasis prediction genes in a metastasis group and/or a non-metastasis group. Herein, the metastasis prediction gene group includes two genes MSR1 (NM_138716.1) and RET (M31213.1).

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCESCHIBA COUNTY JAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Imai, Takashi Chiba, JP 254 2619
Iwakawa, Mayumi Chiba, JP 5 0
Miura, Masahiko Chiba, JP 41 405
Shibuya, Hitoshi Chiba, JP 8 20
Watanabe, Hiroshi Chiba, JP 915 12785
Yoshimura, Ryoichi Chiba, JP 16 109

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