By analyzing a published microarray data set (NCBI/GEO/GSE16515; n=52, containing 16 non-tumor and 36 tumor samples), we found that FAM83A messenger RNA (mRNA) was significantly upregulated in pancreatic cancer tissues compared with normal pancreatic tissues (Figure 1a). The gene discussed is SACK1A; the disease is familial pancreatic carcinoma.