Patent ID: 11879150
Assignee: KINKI UNIVERSITY
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 3:
4. A selection method of regimens, for selecting between either a FOLFOX regimen or a FOLFIRI regimen for treating colorectal cancer in a patient, the method comprising:
measuring a gain in a copy number of a 7p15.3 region and no gain in a copy number of a 8q24.1 region on a human chromosome in a tumor tissue specimen of the colorectal cancer;
selecting the FOLFOX regimen when the copy number of the 7p15.3 region is gained and the copy number of the 8q24.1 region is not gained; and
treating the patient having colorectal cancer with the FOLFOX regimen.