Accordingly, the immunostaining analysis of cancer cells revealed that 95% (70% weak positive; 25% strong positive), 19% (17% weak positive; 2% strong positive) and 19% (19% weak positive; 0% strong positive) of tumors showed a positive score for VEGF-A, VEGFR-1 and VEGFR-2, respectively. This evidence concerns the gene FLT1 and cancer.