Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide: a novel method of analyzing diagnostic information, by which prostate cancer and a benign prostate disease can be distinguished from one another with high accuracy; and a diagnostic kit for obtaining the diagnostic information. One embodiment of the method of analyzing diagnostic information according to the present invention is a method of analyzing diagnostic information, which includes: measuring the concentration of a mucin-1 (Tn-MUC1), which is reactive with a lectin that recognizes and binds to an N -acetyl-D-galactosamine †’ serine (threonine) residue, in a blood sample originated from a subject to be diagnosed; comparing the thus 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 the mucin-1 is greater than the threshold value, and one embodiment of the diagnostic kit according to the present invention is a diagnostic kit including: an anti-mucin-1 antibody for quantifying Tn-MUC1; and a lectin for detection, which recognizes and binds to an N -acetyl-D-galactosamine †’ serine (threonine) residue.