ca: cancer, Tx: treatment, CT: chemotherapy, RT: radiotherapy, INF: interferon, stem cell trans: stem cell transplantation, TKI: tyrosine kinase inhibitors, met: metastasis, WBRT: whole brain radiotherapy, SRS: stereotactic radiosurgery, Ln: lymph node, Gy: gray, no.: number; fr: fractions, BCG: bacillus Calmette-Guerin vaccine, GM-CSF: granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor, DC: dendritic cell, CIK: cytokine-induced killer cell, mo: months, PR: partial response, CR: complete response. The gene discussed is CSF2; the disease is cancer.