It has been reported that REP1 expression is negatively associated with overall survival rates for gastric cancer patients, as illustrated by analysis of publicly available data using the Kaplan–Meier Plotter (http://kmplot.com; Affy ID: 207099_s-at, Gene symbol: CHM; total patient number=876; P-value=0.00033; Supplementary Figure S13a). This evidence concerns the gene CHM and gastric cancer.