HOXC4 and cancer: It has been shown that HOXC4 expression is significantly correlated with DFI for patients with four types of cancer, including ACC (p = 0.021, HR = 1.2), LGG (p = 0.029, HR = 1.13), PRAD (p = 0.0048, HR = 1.04) and STAD (p = 0.037, HR = 1.03).