In addition, using the Kaplan–Meier plotter portal, we found that CTHRC1 expression was related to the DMFS (P = 0.025), but was not associated with PPS (P = 0.36), RFS (P = 0.06) and OS (P = 0.34) of patients with breast cancer (Fig. 3c). Here, CTHRC1 is linked to breast carcinoma.