We did not observe significant differences in TAZ or YAP mRNA levels in primary tumours derived from patients that develop versus patients that did not developed metastasis after tumour resection in two independent datasets, Kobayashi et al. 2010 (accession # GSE14827 [30]) and Namlos et al. 2012, (accession # GSE32981 [31]) (Figs. 3a and 4a, left and right plots, respectively). Here, YAP1 is linked to neoplasm.