Identification of a panel of sensitive and specific DNA methylation markers for squamous cell lung cancer

Paul P Anglim^{* 1} , Janice S Galler^{* 1} , Michael N Koss² , Jeffrey A Hagen³ , Sally Turla² , Mihaela Campan¹ , Daniel J Weisenberger¹ , Peter W Laird^1,3 , Kimberly D Siegmund⁴ and Ite A Laird-Offringa^1,3

¹Departments of Surgery and of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Norris Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9176, USA

²Department of Pathology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9092, USA

³Department of Surgery, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9202, USA

⁴Department of Preventive Medicine, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90089-9175, USA