diagnosis for early detection of gastric cancer

摘要

The present invention pertains to a method for determination of the significance of a histologically detected premalignant lesion as a risk for intestinal type gastric cancer or carcinoma in situ, comprising detecting from a patient sample comprising gastric mucosa cellsa) cyclooxygenase-2 Cox-2) mRNA expression, orb) Cox-2 protein;wherein overexpression of Cox-2 is indicative of an increased risk for intestinal type gastric cancer.