METHOD FOR PREDICTING THE SURVIVAL STATUS AND PROGNOSIS OF ESOPHAGEAL CANCER AND A KIT THEREOF

摘要

The present invention provides a method for determining a survival rate and prognosis state for a patient having esophageal carcinoma, comprising: (a) providing a tissue sample from the patient; (b) measuring a expression level of a target gene in the tissue sample from the patient using reagents specific for the target gene product that are selected from the group consisting of probes, primers, antibodies, and antibody fragments, wherein the expression level is RNA expression, a protein expression at a cellular level or a tissue level; (c) comparing the expression level to a predetermined threshold indicative of a survival rate and prognosis state for the patient; and (d) providing a survival rate and prognosis state for the patient so that care for the patient is able to be determined in accordance with the survival rate and prognosis state, wherein the target gene is peptidase inhibitor 3 (PI3).