Table 1.

The lists of cancer-related genes used in the current study. For full lists of genes refer to Table S1

List	Reference	Samples	Cancers types	Original gene list	Unique GeneIDs	Platform
1	46	2186	20	187 genes (117 genes up-and 70 down-regulated in cancer)	190	Meta-analysis
2	47	N/A	N/A	56 genes (22 oncogenes and 34 tumour suppressors) causally related to cancer	56	Literature search
3	49	N/A	N/A	332 genes	277	Literature search
4	50	3209	Unknown	189 genes	189	Meta-analysis
5	51	5	2 model systems of cell transformation	343 genes (239 up-and 104 down-regulated in cancer)	348	Affymetrix U133 2.0A
6	52	3700	12	183 genes (67 most significant)	80	Meta-analysis
7	This study			400 genes		Literature search