METHOD FOR PREDICTING PROGNOSIS OF PATIENT SUFFERING FROM COLON CANCER AFTER ADMINISTERING ANTI-CANCER AGENT

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a gene cluster for accurately predicting the prognosis of a patient suffering from colon cancer after starting the administration of an anti-cancer agent and to provide a method for predicting the prognosis of the patient suffering from the colon cancer using the gene cluster. PSOLUTION: The gene cluster is used for predicting the prognosis of the patient suffering from the colon cancer and receiving the administration of the anti-cancer agent. The gene cluster is composed of two or more genes selected from genes in positive correlation with the prognosis represented by the following (1) to (8) or genes corresponding thereto and genes in negative correlation with the prognosis represented by (9) to (16) or genes corresponding thereto. The genes are (1) TM4SF6 gene, (2) ADRM1 gene, (3) ITGB4BP gene, (4) FLOT2 gene, (5) PHB gene, (6) GSTM1 gene, (7) BCAP31 gene, (8) STIP1 gene, (9) TRIM8 gene, (10) MST1R gene, (11) TCF12 gene, (12) PDE3B gene, (13) CCNG2 gene, (14) SAT gene, (15) ALOX5 gene and (16) MAN2A2 gene. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT