摘要:
The present invention pertains to a procedure and a kit for the diagnosis or monitoring of breast cancer in humans. This procedure is based on the feature that one recognizes the presence or absence in a human blood sample of at least two different mRNAs that code for various members of the tumor marker proteins EGF-R, CEA, stanniocalcin, CK20, MAGE-3, GA733.2, MUC1, Her-2/neu, claudin-7, and/or PDGF-β, and a conclusion is drawn from this in regard to the presence of mammary carcinoma cells in the blood sample, and thus in regard to possible metastasis.