They found that a number of biomarkers of DNA hypermethylation including the known (e.g., SEPT9 and IKZF1) and the novel (e.g. TJP2, EMBP1, APBB1IP, CHST11, and KCNQ5) genes were detected in cfDNA of CRC (Li et al., 2019). Here, IKZF1 is linked to colorectal carcinoma.