| CPC G01N 37/00 (2013.01) [C12M 1/00 (2013.01); C12N 15/09 (2013.01); C12Q 1/68 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/118 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/158 (2013.01); C12Q 2600/178 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
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1. A method for detecting lung cancer in a human subject, comprising
measuring an expression level of hsa-miR-4258 in a blood, serum, or plasma sample from the subject;
comparing the measured expression level of hsa-miR-4258 to a control expression level for a healthy subject;
detecting decreased level of hsa-miR-4258 in the sample from the subject as compared to the control expression level from the sample from the healthy subject;
wherein the decreased level of hsa-miR-4258 indicates that the subject has lung cancer; and
wherein the method further comprises treating the subject for the lung cancer or performing a diagnostic procedure on the subject with the lung cancer;
wherein the treatment comprises surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy or a combination thereof; and
wherein the diagnostic procedure comprises chest X-ray examination or diagnostic imaging of the lung of the human subject.
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