Gastric cancer patients with overexpression of EphA1 had poorer outcomes, overall survival and relapse‐free survival than those with low levels of EphA1.34, 35 Epiregulin is a member of the epidermal growth factor (EGF) family, and is overexpressed in human gastric tumor cell lines TMK1 and MKN‐45, as are other EGF family members.36 FGF‐12 is a member of the FGF family, functions in the development of the central and peripheral nervous systems, connective tissue of the skeleton and the myocardia of the heart. Here, EREG is linked to gastric neoplasm.