According to some of these studies, VEGF-C expression in tumour cells correlates with lymph node metastasis in lung, colorectal and prostate cancer (for review see Stacker et al, 2004) and may be a prognostic factor in ovarian and cervical cancer (Ueda et al, 2002; Nishida et al, 2004). The gene discussed is VEGFC; the disease is metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.