TEST PROCEDURE TO DETERMINE WHETHER A LENS SAMPLE OBTAINED FROM A HUMAN PATIENT IS ASSOCIATED WITH A MALIGNITY, UNDERSTANDING THE MEDICATION OF THE VASCULAR PERMEABILITY FACTOR

摘要

An assay method for determining whether an effusion sample obtained from a human patient is associated with a malignancy, by measuring vascular permeability factor (VPF) in the sample, a VPF level greater than about 30 units (as defined in the description) indicating a likelihood that the sample is a malignant effusion.