Online analyses using cBioPortal showed that expression of CDH11, ILF3 or HOXC8 was elevated in the advanced stages of breast cancer, where high mRNA expression levels of CDH11 or HOXC8 were detected in cancer stage IV, and high mRNA expression levels of ILF3 were detected in cancer stage IIIC. The gene discussed is ILF3; the disease is breast carcinoma.