As expected, RRM2 could be detected in serum, and its concentration was remarkably elevated in patients bearing liver cancer compared to that in healthy individuals and in patients with hepatitis A, B and C, and other malignancies, including primary lung, gastric, breast and colorectal cancers (Fig. 1c, d), suggesting that serum RRM2 is a potential biomarker to diagnose liver cancer. This evidence concerns the gene RRM2 and colorectal cancer.