method for allowing a user to determine a patient's condition with respect to a gynecological cancer or subtype of this or cancer stage, assay to determine the presence of a gynecological condition in a patient, use of data in the form of ca125 levels or concentrations, and one or more of agr-2, midkine and crp or a functional anologue thereof, and methods for monitoring the progression of a gynecological condition in a patient, to determine whether or not a gynecological cancer is benign in a patient, to distinguish between noninvasive and invasive gynecological cancers, to determine the potential risk for a patient to develop gynecological neoplasms, to treat a patient with a gynecological condition, and to treat a patient with ovarian cancer.

摘要

The present invention relates generally to the field of diagnostic and prognostic assays for a gynecological condition. More particularly, the present invention provides an assay for diagnosing the presence of or a risk of having a gynecological cancer or a sub-type thereof or a stage of the cancer or complications arising therefrom or other gynecological condition including an inflammatory disorder.