abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of prostate cancer metastasis using c-MAF. The present invention relates to a method for diagnosis or prognosis of metastasis in prostate cancer, comprising the step of determining whether the c-MAF gene is amplified in a primary tumor sample. Similarly, the present invention is also a method for diagnosis or prognosis of metastasis in prostate cancer, as well as for determining the tendency to cause bone metastasis as compared to metastasis in other organs, c- It also relates to a method comprising the step of determining the level of MAF expression. Finally, the invention relates to the use of c-MAF inhibitors as therapeutic targets for treating prostate cancer. 【Selection chart】 None |