A method of analyzing diagnostic information, the method including: measuring the concentration of all mucin-1s (total MUC1) in a blood sample originated from a subject to be diagnosed; comparing the measured value with a threshold value; and estimating that a disease affecting the subject to be diagnosed is not prostate cancer but a benign prostate disease when the measured value of the concentration of total MUC1 is greater than the threshold value.

[Problem] To provide a method for detecting high-risk prostate cancer, for the purpose of providing useful information, such as necessity of biopsy, to a test-positive patient in a PSA test.

[Solution] The method for detecting high-risk prostate cancer according to the present invention comprises reacting a PSA contained in a sample composed of urine collected from a human body which is suspected to be suffering from prostate cancer with (1) a fucose 1.fwdarw.6 affinitive lectin which has a characteristic property that the lectin has affinity expressed by a binding constant of 1.010.sup.4 M.sup.1 or more (at 25 C.) for an 1.fwdarw.6 fucose sugar chain No. 405. The fucose 1.fwdarw.6 affinitive lectin is preferably (2) a fucose 1.fwdarw.6 specific lectin which has a characteristic property that the lectin has a binding constant of 1.010.sup.4 M.sup.1 or less (at 25 C.) for a sugar chain No. 003 that does not contain 1.fwdarw.6 fucose and a glycolipid-type sugar chain No. 909 that does not contain 1.fwdarw.6 fucose.

A method for analyzing thrombogenic capacity or blood coagulation capacity, the method comprising adding calcium, a blood coagulation factor XII (FXII) inhibitor, and a kallikrein inhibitor to blood collected with a blood collection tube containing sodium citrate, to allow initiation of blood coagulation reaction, is provided. Preferably, heparin, heparan sulfate, and tissue factor are further added to the blood, and thrombogenic capacity or blood coagulation capacity is analyzed.

The present invention relates to methods of determining an appropriate time interval for further diagnostic testing for prostate cancer in an individual having low total blood prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels.

An object of the present invention is to provide a novel Pca determination method and a Pca malignancy determination method. The present invention is an invention relating to a prostate carcinoma determination method, including determining the ratio of the amount of free prostate specific antigen, which has a glycan in which the terminal sialic acid residue of the glycan is (2,3)-linked to a second galactose residue from the terminal of the glycan, to the amount of free PSA in a biological sample, and then determining that prostate carcinoma is developed or the probability of developing prostate carcinoma is high in the case where the ratio is 40% or higher.

The invention provides assay methods of detecting plasma protease C1 inhibitor (C1-INH) that binds plasma kallikrein, Factor XII, or both, and uses thereof for identifying subjects at risk for or suffering from a pKal-mediated or bradykinin-mediated disorder. Provided methods permit analysis of patients with plasma kallikrein-mediated angioedema (KMA), or other diseases mediated by pKal useful in the evaluation and treatment.

The present invention concerns methods for treating a proliferation disorder, such as prostate cancer, basal cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and other cancers, using an inhibitor of the Hedgehog pathway (HhP); and methods for monitoring subjects undergoing such treatments based on biomarkers and other criteria predictive of efficacy.

The present invention concerns methods for treating a proliferation disorder, such as prostate cancer, basal cell carcinoma, lung cancer, and other cancers, using an inhibitor of the Hedgehog pathway (HhP); and methods for monitoring subjects undergoing such treatments based on biomarkers and other criteria predictive of efficacy.

Described herein are method, compositions and kits for prognosis of prostate cancer. The methods include determining the ratio of PCA3 and of a prostate-specific marker expression in a urine sample and correlating the value of the PCA3/prostate-specific marker ratio with the aggressiveness and mortality risk of prostate cancer in the subject. The method for prognosing prostate cancer in a sample of a patient includes assessing the amount of a prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA and the amount of prostate-specific marker in the sample; determining a ratio value of this amount of prostate cancer specific PCA3 mRNA over the amount of prostate-specific marker; comparing the ratio value to at least one predetermined cut-off value, wherein a ratio value above the predetermined cut-off value is indicative of a higher risk of mortality of prostate cancer as compared to a ratio value below the predetermined cut-off value.

Methods and apparatuses for predicting risk of prostate cancer and/or prostate gland volume are provided. More particularly, this disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for providing the models and employing the models for predicting risk of prostate cancer and/or predicting prostate gland volume. The methods and apparatuses for predicting risk of prostate cancer and/or prostate gland volume are provided using, at least in part, information from a panel of kallikrein markers.