Similarly to previously published data (Berry et al., 2014, Szeto et al., 2001), STRA6 mRNA expression levels were found to be markedly higher in samples collected from colon cancer (Figure 1B) and also in rectal cancer (Figure 1C) patients (for methods see Kalady et al., 2010) compared with the normal tissues. This evidence concerns the gene STRA6 and rectal cancer.