A study analyzing a possible association between genetic variability (as examined for 392 single-nucleotide polymorphisms) in 43 fatty acid metabolism-related genes and risk for colorectal cancer in 1225 patients with cancer and 2032 controls has shown that TRPV3 is associated with a higher risk for development of colorectal cancer (Hoeft et al., 2010). This evidence concerns the gene TRPV3 and colorectal cancer.