METHOD FOR THE IN VITRO DIAGNOSIS OF BRONCHOPULMONARY CARCINOMA BY DETECTING MAJOR ALTERNATIVE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE KLK8 GENE ENCODING KALLICREIN 8 AND USE THEREOF FOR PROGNOSTICATING SURVIVAL

摘要

A method for the in vitro diagnosis of bronchopulmonary carcinoma, in particular of non-small cell bronchial carcinoma, that includes a stage of detecting, in a biological sample derived from a patient suspected to be suffering from bronchopulmonary carcinoma, at least one of the major alternative transcripts of the KLK8 gene encoding kallikrein 8. This method is particularly useful for the survival prognostication of patients suffering from bronchopulmonary carcinoma.