Up to now, more than 2000 cases from at least nine different tumour types reported in more than 21 studies have been analysed for Snail expression, including carcinomas from breast, stomach, colon, liver, ovary, oesophagus, head and neck, and endometrium, and synovial sarcomas (Becker et al, 2007). The gene discussed is SNAI1; the disease is carcinoma.