Post-mortem histopathological examination of the brain from this patient using a panel of immunohistochemical markers (the proliferation marker Ki-67, the stem-cell marker Nestin and the tumor markers Olig2, MAP2, and p53) revealed complete absence of cancer cells at the previous tumor site, in the surrounding brain parenchyma and in the contralateral hemisphere. The gene discussed is TP53; the disease is cancer.