There were 3.75% of the interactors which were common to both pathways of cancer and CRC, namely, PIK3CD, AKT1, AKT3, BAX, BIRC5, GSK3B, MAPK1, MYC, PIK3CG, PIK3R2, RAC1, RAF1, RHOA, SMAD2, SMAD4, TGFB1, and TGFBR1. The gene discussed is SMAD2; the disease is cancer.