METHODS OF FORECASTING AND PREDICTION OF CANCER AND CONTROL ON THERAPY OF CANCER Russian patent published in 2010 - IPC G01N33/50 G01N33/577 A61K49/16 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: immunological detection and quantitative analysis of sequential changes in protein levels of VEGF-165 in obtained patient's samples taken in course of time are conducted, where increasing levels of the protein VEGF-165 in course of time indicate progression of disease or adverse reaction to the therapy, and where decreasing levels of protein VEGF-165 in course of time indicate remission of the disease or a positive reaction to the therapy.

EFFECT: method enables to conduct noninvasive analysis of levels of circulating VEGF-165 which serves as a valuable prognostic indicator of disease outcome.

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