Seventeen genes (ATG16L1, FADD, GABARAPL2, NKX2–3, MYC, MAPK8IP1, WDR45B, MTMR14, HGS, USP10, NPC1, BIRC5, BNIP3, ATG3, RAB24, ULK3 and RUBCN) were identified to be significantly correlated with OS in prostate tumor samples. The gene discussed is NKX2-3; the disease is prostate neoplasm.