Patent ID: 8239136

Claim:
A method of determining a probability that a test subject has colorectal cancer, the method comprising (a) determining the gene-specific levels of mRNA transcribed from each gene of a set of genes consisting of BCNP1, CD163, CDA, MS4A1, BANK1, and MGC20553 in blood of the test subject, thereby obtaining a set of test levels; and (b) applying to the set of test levels a classifier for determining a probability that the gene-specific levels of mRNA transcribed from each gene of the set of genes in blood of a subject classify with the gene-specific levels of mRNA transcribed from each gene of the set of genes in blood of subjects having colorectal cancer as opposed to the gene-specific levels of mRNA transcribed from each gene of the set of genes in blood of subjects not having colorectal cancer, thereby determining a probability that the test subject has colorectal cancer.