Our data indicated that low expression of HCRP-1 was closely associated with tumor size (P = 0.033, Fig. 1c), pT status (P = 0.001, Fig. 1d), TNM stage (P = 0.039, Fig. 1e), and histological grade (P = 0.01, Fig. 1f). This evidence concerns the gene VPS37A and neoplasm.