Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing, monitoring of a subject or determining the prognosis of a subject. In particular, the invention relates to a method of determining the prognosis of a cancer patient comprising the steps (a) determining the expression level of at least one marker gene selected from the group consisting of the marker genes as described herein in a sample of the cancer patient to obtain a gene expression profile; (b) determining the prognosis of the cancer patient based on the gene expression profile obtained in step (a). In addition, the present invention refers to kits, diagnostic compositions devices and microarrays for determining at least one marker gene and uses thereof.