Patent ID: 11879150
Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA YAKULT HONSHA
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 1:
2. 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 specific region on a human chromosome in a tumor tissue specimen of the colorectal cancer, wherein the specific region on the human chromosome is at least one region among 7q34, 8q24.1, 8q24.2, 8q24.1-q24.2, 13q12.2, and 13q14.11;
selecting the FOLFIRI regimen when the copy number of the specific region is gained; and
treating the patient having colorectal cancer with the FOLFIRI regimen.