MEASURING THE ELECTRIC ACTIVITY OF CELLS FOR THE EVALUATION OF METASTATIC POTENTIAL OF CANCER CELLS

摘要

Disclosed is a method for determination of the metastatic and/or invasive potential of a malignant neoplasm. The method comprises measuring the electric activity of cells from the neoplasm and ranking the measured activity relative to measurement values of electric activity in cancer cells from cancers with known metastatic activity and/or invasiveness. Thereby the electric activity functions as a surrogate measure for metastatic activity and/or invasiveness.