To investigate intelectin-1 expression in cancers that may be confused with MPM in histopathological analyses, we prepared tissue microarrays of several primary tumors: biphasic synovial sarcoma, breast cancer, colon adenocarcinoma, epithelioid angiosarcoma, epithelioid hemangioendothelioma, gastric adenocarcinoma, lung cancer, ovarian adenocarcinoma, renal cell carcinoma, and urothelial carcinoma. Here, ITLN1 is linked to hereditary clear cell renal cell carcinoma.