But lower NCOA4 expression level was observed in higher T stage and M stage and tumor stage (p = 1.917e-05, 7.948e-04, 7.978e-06), as well as in higher grade and ccRCC classification (p = 2.428e-04, 2.9283e-08). Here, NCOA4 is linked to nonpapillary renal cell carcinoma.