Inversely, another study (Miwa et al., 2017a) found that esophageal squamous cell carcinoma patients with lower NCCRP1 expression tended to have an increased risk of disease recurrence and dismal survival prognosis versus those with higher NCCRP1 expression, suggesting a putative tumour-suppressive role of NCCRP1. The gene discussed is NCCRP1; the disease is esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.