PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF DETERMINATION OF CATHEPSIN AND ITS ENDOGENOUS INHIBITORS IN CANCER

Vovchuk I.L.

In a review these literatures are generalized in relation to the role of cathepsin B in pathogeny of oncoprocess, the level of activity of which is increased in tumour tissues different forms of human. It was discovered that correlation of cathepsin B and his endogenous inhibitors has an important value in the prognosis of term without relapses illness and survivability of patients, and also it can be used in diagnostics and in antitumor therapy.