FGFR4 and cancer: A positive correlation between the presence of the FGFR4 Arg388 allele and prognostic parameters as well as survival time was reported in variant cancer studies, including breast, colon, lung, prostate, head and neck cancers and high-grade soft-tissue sarcoma (Bange et al, 2002; Morimoto et al, 2003; Streit et al, 2004; Wang et al, 2004; Spinola et al, 2005a).