Patent ID: 7655426

Claim:
A method of diagnosing a carcinoma in a subject, wherein the carcinoma is a colon cancer, which comprises: a) detecting and/or quantifying in a biological sample , selected from the group consisting of colon tissue, lymph node tissue, a metastasis of a colon cancer and serum obtained from said subject, a CCMP-1 polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1 to determine a level of CCMP-1 polypeptide in the biological sample, b) comparing the level of said CCMP-1 polypeptide in the biological sample obtained from the subject with the level of CCMP-1 polypeptide in a previously determined reference range or control from a corresponding cancer free sample from a subject free from carcinoma, wherein an increase in said level of CCMP-1 polypeptide in the biological sample compared to said reference range or control is indicative of the presence of carcinoma of colon.