DIAGNOSING AND GRADING GLIOMAS USING A PROTEOMICS APPROACH

摘要

The present invention provides for a proteomic approach to grading gliomas, and for predicting patient survival. In addition to employing global protein expression patterns, such as by mass spectrometry, particular target proteins whose expression is altered in various gliomas can be used to predict the stage/classificiation of a glioma, as well as to indicate whether a given patient will be a short- or long-term survivor.