Li Yu and coauthors systematically analysed the expression and prognostic value of CXC chemokines in colorectal cancer and found that the expression of CXCL1, CXCL2, CXCL3, CXCL5 and CXCL8 increased, indicating that they can be used as potential therapeutic targets and prognostic factors and that these chemokines participate in the antitumour immune response [6]. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL1 and colorectal cancer.