The present invention relates to a method for determining the presence or absence of at least one promoter in a cancerous biological sample relative to a non-cancerous biological sample. The present invention also relates to a method for determining the prognosis of cancer in a subject, a method for modulating the activity of at least one cancer-associated promoter in a cell, a method for modulating the immune response of a subject to cancer, a method for determining the presence of at least one cancer-associated promoter in a cancerous biological sample relative to a non-cancerous biological sample and a biomarker for detecting cancer in a subject.
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