METHOD FOR EVALUATING DEGREE OF MALIGNANCY IN PROSTATIC CANCER, METHOD FOR DETECTING PROSTATIC CANCER, AND DIAGNOSIS KIT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel method for evaluating degree of malignancy in prostatic cancer, and a method for detecting prostatic cancer or the like.SOLUTION: A method for evaluating degree of malignancy in prostatic cancer includes a step of measuring the amount of neuropeptide Y in a sample derived from blood or urine extracted from a living body. A method for detecting prostatic cancer includes a step of measuring the amount of neuropeptide Y and the amount of a prostatic specific antigen in the sample derived from the blood or the urine extracted from the living body.