Interestingly, the results that the low mRNA levels of KCNK2 and KCNK3 were related to longer overall survival in thyroid cancer patients was inconsistent with different analyses of the UALCAN database, which showed low KCNK2 and KCNK3 expression in thyroid cancer. This evidence concerns the gene KCNK3 and thyroid gland carcinoma.