AIDING METHOD OF PROGNOSIS DETERMINATION OF OVARIAN CANCER WHICH USES COPY NUMBER OF -ACTININ-4 GENE AS MARKER, AND KIT FOR PROGNOSIS DETERMINATION

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new diagnostic method of cancer.SOLUTION: A method of aiding prognosis determination of ovarian cancer in a mammal includes a step of counting copy numbers of -actinin-4 gene in cells originated from mammalian localization suspected to be ovarian cancer. The method indicates the adverse prognosis of ovarian cancer when the copy numbers of the gene is 4 or more.