Abstract: This invention relates generally to biomarkers that are useful for determining whether a subject with cancer is likely to respond to cancer therapy. The invention therefore relates to methods, kits and compositions for determining whether a subject is likely to respond to cancer therapy, and to methods of treatment based on a determination that a subject with cancer is likely to respond to cancer therapy. The invention also relates to methods for sensitizing a subject with cancer to cancer therapy.

Abstract: The invention provides methods of determining the aggressiveness, prognosis and response to therapy for particular cancers, which include comparing the expression levels of one or a plurality of differentially expressed genes from one or more 5 functional metagenes, including a Carbohydrate/Lipid Metabolism metagene, a Cell Signalling metagene, a Cellular Development metagene, a Cellular Growth metagene, a Chromosome Segregation metagene, a DNA Replication/Recombination metagene, an Immune system metagene, a Metabolic Disease metagene, a Nucleic Acid Metabolism metagene, a Post-Translational Modification metagene, a Protein 10 Synthesis/Modification metagene and a Multiple Networks metagene. The method disclosed herein may be particularly suitable as a companion diagnostic for cancer therapies.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of screening for a neoplastic cell in a subject. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of screening for both viable neoplastic cells and, still further, cytotoxin induced neoplastic cell death by detecting the level of expression of La protein and/or gene by a cellular population in said subject or in a biological sample derived from said subject. The method of the present invention is useful in a range of applications including, but not limited to, diagnosing, prognosing or assessing a neoplastic condition, monitoring the progression of such a condition, assessing the effectiveness of a therapeutic agent or therapeutic regime and predicting the likelihood of a subject either progressing to a more advanced disease state or entering a remissive state. The present invention also provides diagnostic agents useful for detecting La protein and/or nucleic acid molecules.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method of treating a neoplastic condition and to agents useful for same. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a method of facilitating the treatment of a metastatic neoplastic tumour in a localised manner by effecting the exposure of neoplastic cell intra-cellular molecules, preferably intra-nuclear molecules, suitable for use as a therapeutic target. The co-localisation of tumour cells and metastases to discrete tissue locations thereby renders the method of the present invention useful in terms of the delivery of bystander-based therapy.