The chemotactic response of melanoma cells to IL-8 was mediated by CXCR1 (Ramjeesingh et al, 2003), and the mitogenic activity of IL-8 was mediated by both CXCR1 and CXCR2 in colon cancer (Li et al, 2001), but only by CXCR1 in monocytes (Browning et al, 2000). The gene discussed is CXCL8; the disease is malignant colon neoplasm.