Five SNPs in the TXNDC5 locus, including rs2815128, rs408014, rs4959462, rs7763203 and rs7771314, were genotyped using the Taqman genotyping method in patient cohorts of breast cancer, cervical carcinoma, colorectal cancer, esophageal carcinoma, gastric carcinoma, liver cancer, lung cancer, and rectal carcinoma as well as healthy controls. This evidence concerns the gene TXNDC5 and rectal carcinoma.