Inventors:
Samir M. Hanash - Mercer Island WA, US
Vitor M. Faca - Seattle WA, US
Kenneth Song - Seattle WA, US
Ronald A. DePinho - Brookline MA, US
International Classification:
A61K 39/395, C12Q 1/68
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method of diagnosing, prognosing or screening for pancreatic cancer in a subject. The method may be carried out on a sample such as a blood or tissue sample collected from the subject. The is carried out by (a) detecting one or more markers in a biological sample of said subject, said markers selected from the markers set forth in Table 1 (e.g. one or more markers selected from the group set forth in Table 2, and/or the group consisting of ALCAM, TIMP-1, ICAM1, LCN2, REG1A, REG3, IGFBP4, TNFRSF1A and WFDC2); and (b) determining an altered level of said marker(s), said altered level indicating said subject may be afflicted with or at risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Kits useful for carrying out the methods are also described.