METHOD OF HEPATIC METASTASIS DIAGNOSIS Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, biochemical investigations. SUBSTANCE: blood serum of patient is incubated with liver homogenate of intact rat, and activity of gamma-glutamyltransferase is assayed. Hepatic metastasis were diagnosed if enzyme activity is increased by 2 or more times as compared with control. Method can be used in oncology. EFFECT: method ensures to diagnose metastatic liver damage with safety, shorten analysis by almost 4 times, exclude the use expensive and toxic compounds, complex equipment, increased precision of method. 4 tbl