The expression of Ras and Rab interactor 1 (RIN1) expression increases and is related to poor prognosis in many tumors, including non-small cell lung cancer (Wang et al., 2012), melanoma (Fang et al., 2012), gastric adenocarcinoma (Yu et al., 2012) and renal cancer (Wei et al., 2015). This evidence concerns the gene RIN1 and gastric adenocarcinoma.