As shown in Fig. 4a, the upregulations of ETV6 and CRKL were positively correlated in both hepatocarcinoma patients’ tumorous tissues (R2 = 0.4955, P = 0.0136, Fig. 4a) and in hepatocarcinoma cells (R2 = 0.9604, P = 0.0200, Fig. 4a). Here, ETV6 is linked to neoplasm.