METHOD FOR ASSISTING JUDGMENT OF PROGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER, AND APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING JUDGMENT OF PROGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER

摘要

Disclosed is a method for assisting the judgment of the prognosis for a patient with breast cancer, the method comprising the steps of: detecting ACTN4 gene contained in a biological sample of the patient; and judging that the prognosis of breast cancer is poor if at least one selected from the group consisting of the copy number increase of ACTN4 gene and the gene amplification of ACTN4 gene is present; wherein the patient is HER2 negative, hormone receptor positive and lymph node metastasis negative.