Enhanced expression of c-Met protein has been described in various solid tumours such as breast cancer (Garcia et al, 2007; Eder et al, 2009), oesophageal adenocarcinoma (Herrera et al, 2005), gastric cancer (Drebber et al, 2008; Ji et al, 2008), colon cancer (Liu et al, 1992), lung cancer (Lutterbach et al, 2007; Nakamura et al, 2007), ovarian cancer (Sawada et al, 2007), brain tumour (Kong et al, 2009), hepatocellular carcinoma (Boix et al, 1994; Suzuki et al, 1994), and biliary tract carcinoma (Terada et al, 1998; Hida et al, 1999; Aishima et al, 2002; Nakazawa et al, 2005). The gene discussed is MET; the disease is gastric cancer.