Intriguingly, we found that high expression of VHL is positively correlated with higher recurrence-free survival not only in TNBC, but also in other wild-type VHL harboring cancers, like pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma and rectum adenocarcinoma, which is consistent with previous studies [23, 24]. The gene discussed is VHL; the disease is pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma.