At the beginning, we analyzed the relationship between the prognosis of NSCLC and RAD51 family mRNA levels that are available from the TCGA database, including RAD51B, RAD51C, RAD51D, XRCC2, and XRCC3, however, no significant correlation was found except for RAD51B (data not shown). The gene discussed is RAD51; the disease is non-small cell lung carcinoma.