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. This evidence concerns the gene ATG16L1 and prostate neoplasm.