Since our study found that elevated IDO1 is associated with a better prognosis for breast and ovarian cancer, there have been several reports correlating IDO1 expression with poor patient prognosis, including those diagnosed with colorectal cancer,20 prostate cancer,21 acute myeloid leukaemia,22 glioblastoma,23 non‐small‐cell lung cancer24 and oesophageal cancer.25 The gene discussed is IDO1; the disease is prostate carcinoma.