Patent ID: 8877445

Claim:
A method of identifying a tumor as an ERGO tumor comprising the steps of: a) providing a tumor sample; b) providing a reference from non-cancerous tissue; c) providing a nucleic acid array comprising at least 21 of the nucleic acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:s 12-14, 20-21, 35, 37, 39, 43-44, 46-47, 49-51, 54, 56, 58-72, 75, 79-84, 86, 88, 91.93-95, 102-105, 107-110, 112, 116, 118-120, 122-123, 125-126, 128-129, 131, 145-146, 148-149, 151, 154, 156-157, 160, 163-166, 169, 171, 173-174, 176-177, 180, 184, 186, 188, 193, 196, 198, 200-201, 203, 205, 209, 217, 246-247, 249, 254, 259, 267, 269, 274-275, 292-295, 298, 307, 311, 316, 321-323, 331, 333, and 335-340 adapted for hybridization to nucleic acids in a tumor sample; d) measuring an indicator of gene transcript levels in the tumor sample to produce an indicator value for each of the following gene transcripts having the nucleic acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NO:s 12-14, 20-21, 35, 37, 39, 43-44, 46-47, 49-51, 54, 56, 58-72, 75, 79-84, 86, 88, 91, 93-95, 102-105, 107-110, 112, 116, 118-120, 122-123, 125-126, 128-129, 131, 145-146, 148-149, 151, 154, 156-157, 160, 163-166, 169, 171, 173-174, 176-177, 180, 184, 186, 188, 193, 196, 198, 200-201, 203, 205, 209, 217, 246-247, 249, 254, 259, 267, 269, 274-275, 292-295, 298, 307, 311, 316, 321-323, 331, 333, and 335-340 by hybridizing a nucleic acid obtained from the tumor sample to the nucleic acid array: e) measuring the reference to produce a reference value; and f) comparing the indicator value to the reference value to determine which of the gene transcripts is over-expressed; whereby the tumor is identified as an ERGO tumor if at least 21 of these gene transcripts are over-expressed.