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This disclosure includes the identification of molecular markers, including ASPM, ATP9A, ACOX3, CD-C45L, SLC40A1, AGR2, and those found in TABLE 2, that are associated with the differentiation and the clinical prognosis of pancreatic cancer. More specifically, the disclosure includes the identification of sets of gene markers whose expression levels can be used to distinguish pancreatic cancers with higher degrees of differentiation from those with lower degrees of differentiation. These markers can be used to predict clinical prognosis of pancreatic cancer, including disease progression, recurrence or death of the hosts. The disclosure also provides methods of treating glandular cancers and kits for assaying glandular cancers, such as pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer, by inhibiting the expression of ASPM or its ability to activate or maintain the Wnt signaling activity and/or the cancer stem cell populations of said glandular cancers.

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