In patients with colon cancer, the global expression (ΔCT) of MALL was 13.16 ± 1.37 in tumor tissue and 11.44 ± 0.90 in normal tissue (P < 0.001, Figure 1A); the relative expression (2ΔΔCt) was 0.62 ± 1.08 (range 0.03 - 6.08). The gene discussed is MALL; the disease is neoplasm.