SEQUENCE-BASED MUTATION ANALYSIS OF NEOPLASTIC TISSUE FOR DIAGNOSIS OR PROGNOSIS OF THE NEOPLASIA

摘要

A method for sequence-based diagnosis of a human neoplastic tissue, blood or other body fluid sample, comprises analysing from genomic DNA or cDNA derived from said neoplasia the DNA sequence of a gene encoding a cancer-related protein for the presence of mutations therein, determining from the presence, nature and location of any such mutation or mutations the influence thereof on the biological function of the corresponding protein and thereby on the properties of the neoplasia, and on the basis thereof prognosticating the development of the neoplasia.