| abstract |
The present invention relates to methods which make possible to assess and/or prognose a cancer disease, the metastatic behaviour of a cancer disease and/or the occurrence of a relapse of cancer according to the levels of expression of TPTE and CXCR4. In particular, the methods of the invention make possible to assess and/or prognose the occurrence of cancer metastasis, in particular distant metastasis. Preferably, the methods of the invention allow to discriminate malign from benign conditions. |