METHOD FOR DETECTING ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA AND AGENT FOR SUPPRESSING ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA

摘要

An object of the present invention is to provide a method for detecting cancer and an agent for suppressing cell growth by identification of genes showing behaviors characteristic in cancer such as esophageal carcinoma. The present invention provides a method for detecting cancer, which comprises detecting canceration through detection of amplification of at least one gene existing in an 1q32-1q41 chromosomal region in a specimen.