The gene “deleted in CRC” (DCC) is a tumor suppressor in CRC (Castets et al., 2012) and is well known to be associated with CRC (ENSEMBL database: http://www.ensembl.org/Homos_sapiens/Gene/Phenotype?db=core;g=ENSG00000187323). The gene discussed is DCC; the disease is neoplasm.