Expression of EPB41L1, EPB41L2, EPB41L3, EPB41L4B, EPB41L5, EPB49, VIL2, and DLG1 (summarized as „cortical cytoskeleton" genes) was measured by quantitative RT-PCR in a well-characterized set of 45 M0 prostate adenocarcinoma tissues and 13 benign tissues from cancer-carrying prostates. Here, EPB41L3 is linked to cancer.