Members of the DNA-repair pathway correlated significantly with tumor type (ERCC1 p=0.0021, MLH1 p<0.0001, XRCC1 p=0.0131, MSH6 p=0.0064) (data not shown) as well as an MLH1/MSH2 ratio (p<0.0010), which was calculated as stated above (depicted in Figure 3D). Here, XRCC1 is linked to neoplasm.