TC2N and thymoma: Of these 9 tumours, 5 tumour types (cholangiocarcinoma, ovarian-serous-cystadenocarcinoma, rectal-adenocarcinoma, stomach-adenocarcinoma and thymoma) had significantly higher TC2N mRNA expression while 4 (pheochromocytoma-and-paraganglioma, skin-cutaneous-melanoma, thyroid-carcinoma and uterine-carcinosarcoma) had significantly lower TC2N mRNA expression compared to matched and normal controls.