The invention relates to methods for predicting an outcome of
cancer in a patient suffering from
cancer, said patient having been previously diagnosed as node positive and treated with cytotoxic
chemotherapy, said method comprising determining in a biological sample from said patient an expression level of a plurality of genes selected from the group consisting of ACTG1, CAl2, CALM2, CCND1, CHPT1, CLEC2B, CTSB, CXCL13, DCN, DHRS2, EIF4B,
ERBB2, ESR1, FBXO28, GABRP, GAPDH, H2AFZ, IGFBP3, IGHG1, IGKC, KCTD3, KIAA0101, KRT17, MLPH, MMP1, NAT1, NEK2, NR2F2, OAZ1, PCNA, PDLIM5, PGR, PPIA, PRC1, RACGAP1, RPL37A, SOX4, TOP2A, UBE2C and VEGF; ABCB1, ABCG2, ADAM15, AKR1C1, AKR1C3, AKT1, BANF1, BCL2, BIRC5, BRMS1, CASP10, CCNE2, CENPJ, CHPT1, EGFR, CTTN,
ERBB3,
ERBB4, FBLN1, FIP1L1, FLT1, FLT4, FNTA, GATA3, GSTP1, Herstatin, IGF1R, IGHM, KDR, KIT, CKRT5, SLC39A6, MAPK3, MAPT, MKI67, MMP7, MTA1, FRAP1, MUC1, MYC, NCOA3, NFIB, OLFM1, TP53, PCNA, PI3K, PPERLD1, RAB31, RAD54B, RAF1, SCUBE2, STAU, TINF2, TMSL8, VGLL1, TRA@, TUBA1, TUBB, TUBB2A.