Patent ID: 7674580

Claim:
A method for identifying an individual with increased risk for having or developing colon or uterine cancer, comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a first biological sample comprising colon or uterine tissue comprising nucleic acid and being obtained from a patient suspected of having increased risk for having or developing colon or uterine cancer, with at least one oligonucleotide that is specific for the nucleic acid sequence as set forth in SEQ ID NO:23; (b) detecting a first amount of the oligonucleotide that hybridizes to the nucleic acid in the first sample; and (c) comparing the first amount of (b) to a second amount of the oligonucleotide that hybridizes to nucleic acid in a second biological sample from normal colon or uterine tissue, wherein a statistically significant decrease in the first amount relative to the second amount signifies increased risk for having or developing colon or uterine cancer in the individual.