Interestingly, interrogation of the expression of this identified gene panel (SOX4, FOXM1, and FOXQ1) in The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Colorectal cancer data set revealed significantly shorter disease-free survival in patients with elevated expression of these genes (Logrank Test P-Value: 0.00581, Figure 6e). Here, FOXQ1 is linked to colorectal cancer.