To test the hypothesis that Hsp-27 expression is a reliable predictive biomarker of clinically aggressive prostate cancer, we analysed an extensive set of tissue microarrays (TMAs) constructed from the archived diagnostic tissues obtained by the Transatlantic Prostate Group following interrogation of 6 UK Cancer Registries (Cuzick et al, 2006). Here, HSPB1 is linked to prostate cancer.