Patent ID: 7622262
Filing Date: 2009-11-24
Classification: G01N

Abstract:
1. A method for the early diagnosis of cancer in a patient, said method comprising determining the amount of anti-asialoG M1 (AG M1 ) antibodies of the IgG and/or IgA type in a biological sample from a patient in whom cancer is suspected wherein said cancer is selected from the group comprising a carcinoma of the colon, a carcinoma of the breast, an ovarian carcinoma, a carcinoma of the pancreas, a carcinoma of the oesophagus, a carcinoma of the gall bladder, a carcinoma of the liver, a C cell carcinoma, a carcinoma of the thyroid, a carcinoma of the prostate, a carcinoma of the lung, a carcinoma of the appendix, a carcinoma of the bladder, a cardiac carcinoma, a carcinoma of the distal oesophagus, a carcinoma of the floor of the mouth, and a carcinoma of the kidney, wherein increased amounts of said antibodies compared with normal persons indicates the presence of cancer.