METHOD FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION REGARDING STOMACH CANCER, AND MARKER FOR ACQUIRING INFORMATION REGARDING STOMACH CANCER AND KIT FOR DETECTING STOMACH CANCER

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for analyzing a methylation state of a DNA extracted from a biological sample of a subject by using a novel marker specific to stomach cancer, and acquiring information regarding stomach cancer of the subject based on an analysis result.SOLUTION: There are provided a method for analyzing the state of methylation of a CpG site which exists in a promoter region of a ZNF568 gene included in a DNA extracted from a biological sample of a subject by a mass spectrometry and a methylation-specific PCR method, and acquiring information regarding stomach cancer of the subject based on an analysis result, and a detection kit used in detecting stomach cancer.SELECTED DRAWING: None