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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide methods for diagnosing disease status, determining drug resistance or drug sensitivity of cancer cells, monitoring a disease or responsiveness to a therapeutic agent, and/or predicting a therapeutic outcome for a subject.
SOLUTION: A method comprises determining a difference between a basal level or basal state of a molecule in a sample and the level or state of the molecule after contact of a portion of the sample with a modulator ex vivo, where the difference is expressed as a value which is indicative of the presence of a disease, the absence a disease, or the risk of having a disease.
SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3
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【課題】対象に関する、疾患状態の診断、癌細胞の薬物抵抗性もしくは薬物感受性の判定、疾患のモニタリングもしくは治療用作用物質に対する反応性のモニタリング、および/または治療成績の予測方法を提供する。【解決手段】試料中の分子の基礎レベルまたは基礎状態と、該試料の一部分をエクスビボでモジュレーターに接触させた後の該分子の該レベルまたは該状態との差異を決定する段階であって、該差異が、疾患の存在を示す値、疾患の非存在を示す値または疾患を有するリスクを示す値として表される段階、を含む方法。【選択図】図3