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US 10,309,957 B2Granted
Method for determining sensitivity to fluorouracil in a subject having colorectal cancer
AssigneesKeio University, Kabushiki Kaisha Yakult Honsha
InventorsYusuke Tanigawara, Akito Nishimuta, Yuki Otani, Mitsuhisa Matsuo
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Abstract
To provide a marker for determining sensitivity to an anti-cancer agent, which can determine whether or not a patient has a therapeutic response to the anti-cancer agent, and cancer therapeutic means employing the marker.
Claims2
A method for determining sensitivity of a subject to fluorouracil or a salt thereof, the method comprising:
- administering fluorouracil or a salt thereof to a subject having colorectal cancer,
- measuring a level of cysteine-glutathione in a specimen derived from the subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.