In in vitro models, Pan et al. demonstrated that invasion and metastasis of oesophageal cancers correlated with enhanced phosphorylation of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), upregulation of SphK1, and upregulation of EREG (epiregulin) and AREG (amphiregulin), which preceded tumour invasion [114]. The gene discussed is AREG; the disease is carcinoma of esophagus.