#<p>Each dataset was denoted by the following nomenclature: initial character of the cancer type followed by the total number of samples of the dataset.</p><p>*DM-S denotes DM genes from the shorter list;</p><p>**DM-L denotes DM genes from the longer list.</p><p>POG<sub>12</sub>denotesthescorefromtheshorterlisttothelongerlist;</p>$<p>POG<sub>21</sub> denotes the score from the longer list to the shorter list.</p>¥<p>Consistency denotes the percentage of overlapping genes which showed the same methylation directions across the two datasets.</p