Identication of a Methylation-Driven Gene Panel for Survival Prediction in Colon Cancer Yaojun Peng Chinese PLA General Hospital https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3652-2452 Jing Zhao Department of Scientic Research Administration, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China Fan Yin Department of Oncology, The Second Medical Centre & National Clinical Research Center of Geriatric Disease, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China Gaowa Sharen Department of Pathology, The First Aliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia, China Qiyan Wu Department of Oncology, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China Xiaoxuan Sun National Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin's Clinical Research Center for Cancer, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital & Department of Oncology Surgery, Tianjin Cancer Hospital Juan Yang Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tianjin 4th Center Hospital, Tianjin, China Huan Wang (
[email protected] ) Department of Scientic Research Administration, The First Medical Centre, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1732-9203 Research Keywords: Epigenetics, DNA methylation, Colon cancer, Prognosis, Integrative analyses, TCGA Posted Date: June 30th, 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-37406/v1 License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Read Full License Page 1/29 Abstract Background: Prediction and improvement of prognosis is important for effective clinical management of colon cancer patients. Accumulation of a variety of genetic as well as epigenetic changes in colon epithelial cells has been identied as one of the fundamental processes that drive the initiation and progression of colon cancer.