DICER1 and neoplasm: Multivariate analysis also indicated that low Dicer levels were an independent prognostic factor (HR = 6.088; 95% CI = 1.701–21.787; p = 0.005) separate from other clinicopathological parameters, such as gender, age, body mass index (BMI), tumor size, overall tumor, node, and metastasis (TNM) staging, and Fuhrman grade (Table 1).