The associations of pIgR expression were confirmed in unadjusted Cox regression analysis for both 5-year OS (HR 2.99, 95% CI 1.71–5.25 for the entire cohort and 3.90, 95% CI 1.49–10.21 for intestinal type tumours, Table 3) and RFS (HR 2.89, 95% CI 1.67–4.98 for the entire cohort and HR 4.01, 95% CI 1.53–10.54 for intestinal type tumours, Table 4). The gene discussed is PIGR; the disease is neoplasm.