Interestingly, among intrinsic growth gene eQTLs, we found two well replicated colorectal cancer SNPs (rs4779584 [38], [39] and rs3802842 [39], [40]), which target growth-associated genes NEU1 and MED13; both genes have been implicated in colorectal cancer [41]–[43]. This evidence concerns the gene MED13 and colorectal cancer.