Trio levels showed little change of expression between those patients who survived and those who died from their breast cancer (mean ± SEM 174.1 ± 62.1 surv 1; 263 ± 151 surv 2; 152.4 ± 94.5 surv 3; 188.6 ± 97.2 surv 4). The gene discussed is TRIO; the disease is breast cancer.