GeneNote data (Figure 6A) indicated that the expression level of YBX1 is increased in the cancers of the thymus, bone marrow, spleen, whole blood, brain, kidney, lung, colon, bladder, liver, pancreas, prostate, skin, breast, salivary gland, ovary, and cervix, with strikingly elevated levels of YBX1 in colon cancer. The gene discussed is YBX1; the disease is malignant colon neoplasm.