HIF1A and cancer: There was a high expression of HIF-1α observed in peripheral blood of breast (2.389 ± 0.1597), ovarian (2.647 ± 0.1541), prostate (2.689 ± 0.2272) and colon (2.369 ± 0.1810) cancer patients as compared to healthy controls (0.1806 ± 0.1236).