We examined the expression of twelve antigens (BCP-20, G250, HAGE, END, NY-ESO-1, PASD1, p68 RNA helicase, SSX2, SSX2IP, survivin, tyrosinase and WT1), identified as promising through a review of the literature, in human cancer cell lines to demonstrate consistency with previously published data and to optimise our assays (Supplementary Table 1). The gene discussed is BIRC5; the disease is cancer.