Early detection of preliminary stages of testicular germ cell tumors

摘要

The present invention relates to methods of detecting preliminary stages of testicular germ cell tumors, more particularly testicular intraepithelial neoplasia (TIN),in a subject and to the use of miR-371a-3p as a biomarker for the detection of TIN. It further relates to the use of miR-371a-3p-specific primers and/or miR-371a-3p-specific probes and of corresponding kits for the detection of TIN.