One means of repression is through promoter methylation[27,28], and the LKB1 promoter has been reported to be hypermethylated in colorectal carcinomas and testicular tumors, although out of 51 cancer cell lines analyzed in vitro, only one cervical carcinoma and three colorectal cell lines were methylated at the LKB1 locus, also corresponding to loss of expression[27]. This evidence concerns the gene STK11 and cervical carcinoma.