Epigenetic sequences for esophageal adenocarcinoma

摘要

There is disclosed a diagnostic or prognostic assay for cancer, particularly gastrointestinal and esophageal adenocarcinoma. Specifically, the present invention provides a methylation pattern that can be assayed by standard methylation assays of CpG islands, including which genes are hypermethylated and which genes are unmethylated in gastrointestinal and esophageal adenocarcinomas, Barrett's esophagous, and normal squamous mucosa.