Among the listed genes, BIRC5, SEC14L2, Thymidine kinase (TK1), ZNF385B, CLIC6, ELOVL1, CHAF1B and TFF1 have been reported to have a role in early detection of cancers, tumor progression and metastasis in most of cancer types including breast cancer (see Table 3). The gene discussed is TK1; the disease is breast carcinoma.