HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR AS MARKER OF PROGNOSIS IN SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER (SCLC)

摘要

The invention relates to a new marker, the hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) in serum or plasma for the prognosis of small-cell lung cancer (SCLC). The invention also provides methods for selecting subjects suffering from SCLC that are candidate to respond to certain substances inhibiting certain kinases expressed in the tumours. There are also encompassed the use of immunoassay and nucleic acid reagents for detecting HGF in serum or plasma, said reagents for carrying out the prognostic method.