Ezrin protein showed higher positivity in gastric adenocarcinoma (score 1, 79.8%, 221/277; score 2, 60.6%, 168/277) compared with the adjacent normal gastric mucosa (score 1, 19.2%, 5/26; score 2, 0, 0/26). The gene discussed is EZR; the disease is gastric adenocarcinoma.