In addition, although the plasma EBV DNA level is associated with survival in NPC, NPC patients with a high EBV DNA level have better prognosis for distant metastatic recurrence than those with a low EBV level or without EBV infection.69,70 Some of EBV positive BL and EBV associated gastric cancer (EBVaGC) that comprises ~10% of gastric carcinomas usually do not express LMP1, but show a better prognosis. This evidence concerns the gene PDLIM7 and gastric cancer.