Differential Methylation Hybridization (DMH) was used to identify novel
methylation markers and
methylation profiles for hematopoieetic malignancies,
leukemia, lymphomas, etc. (e.g., non-Hodgkin's lymphomas (NHL), small B-
cell lymphomas (SBCL), diffuse large B-
cell lymphoma (DLBCL),
follicular lymphoma (FL), mantle
cell lymphoma (MCL), B-cell
chronic lymphocytic leukemia / small lymphocytic
lymphoma (B-CLL / SLL),
chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL),
multiple myeloma (MM), acute myelogenous
leukemia (AML), acute
lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), etc.). Particular aspects provide novel biomarkers for NHL and subtypes thereof (e.g., MCL, B-CLL / SLL, FL, DLBCL, etc.), AML, ALL and MM, and further provide non-invasive tests (e.g. blood tests) for lymphomas and leukemias. Additional aspects provide markers for diagnosis, prognosis, monitoring responses to therapies, relapse, etc., and further provide targets and methods for therapeutic demethylating treatments. Further aspects provide
cancer staging markers, and expression assays and approaches comprising idealized
methylation and / or patterns” (IMP and / or IEP) and fusion of
gene rankings.