According to The Human Protein Atlas [38], poor prognosis of patients with renal cancer is associated with higher levels of HOXA3, HOXA11, HOXC6, HOXC8, and HOXD10 expression, whereas favorable prognosis of patients with renal cancer is associated with increased levels of HOXA6, HOXA7, and HOXB8 expression. Here, HOXC8 is linked to renal carcinoma.