Univariate survival showed that age (P=0.077) and histologic type (P=0.062) were not concerned with ovarian cancer overall survival, and FIGO stage (P=0.011), survival state (P=0.004), distant metastasis (P=0.013) and HOXC10 expression level (P=0.005) were associated with overall survival. The gene discussed is HOXC10; the disease is ovarian cancer.