The present invention provides a method for detecting pancreatic carcinoma in a subject. The method includes contacting a nucleic acid-containing specimen from the subject with an agent that provides a determination of the methylation state of at least one gene or associated regulatory region of the...http://www.google.fr/patents/US7485418?utm_source=gb-gplus-shareBrevet US7485418 - Aberrantly methylated genes in pancreatic cancer