Kaplan-Meier survival analysis revealed a significantly longer 5-year overall survival rate in patients with CRC with high DMTN expression than in patients with low DMTN expression, and the 5-year overall survival rate declined with decreasing DMTN expression (Fig. 1 f, g, h and Additional file 1: Figure S1D; log-rank, P < 0.05). Here, DMTN is linked to colorectal carcinoma.