A total of 15 genes (AIM1, ARF, CCNA1, MGMT, hMLH1, PGP9.5, S100A2, APC, RAR-β2, ER-α, ER-β, MCAM, VGF, FKBP4 and SSBP2) were analysed for promoter methylation using QMSP in 57 tumour samples, comprising 43 SEs and 14 NSEs, and 23 NT samples. This evidence concerns the gene SSBP2 and neoplasm.