As expected, the Kaplan-Meier analysis showed those CRC patients with high ZBTB7A expression had a markedly decreased overall survival (OS) rate compared with low ZBTB7A expression patients (Fig. 1a, p = 0.024), indicating that high ZBTB7A expression may have a trend toward poor prognosis in CRC patients. The gene discussed is ZBTB7A; the disease is colorectal carcinoma.