We found that the median gene expression values for Bak, Bcl-2, MCL1, RIP1 and Caspase 3 were significantly higher in mucinous compared to non-mucinous cancers (p=0.011, p<0.001, p<0.001, p<0.001, p=0.025 respectively), while the median expression values for genes encoding BID and Bcl-xL were significantly lower in mucinous compared to non-mucinous cancers (p<0.001, p<0.001 respectively) (Table 1). Here, BCL2 is linked to cancer.