Although a higher level of MAP4 mRNA was found in non-small cell lung carcinomas when compared to normal lung tissues (Cucchiarelli et al. 2008) and MAP4 expression was associated with shorter survival of the esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients (n = 364) (Jiang et al. 2016), no significant association was detected in the present study between MAP4 expression and overall survival in either the whole cohort or any of the subgroups tested. The gene discussed is MAP4; the disease is esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.