Specific method of prostate cancer detection based on PCA3 gene, and kits

摘要

#$%^&*AU2010201771B220130110.pdf#####The present invention relates, in general, to the diagnosis of prostate cancer via the detection of a prostate cancer marker. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of diagnosing prostate cancer in a patient by detecting the PCA3 sequence, and more particularly a PCA3 RNA sequence. The invention also relates to kits containing nucleic acid primers and/or kits containing nucleic acid primers and probes to diagnose, assess, or prognose a human afflicted with prostate cancer.