COL11A1 and cancer: For paired tumors and normal tissues in the TCGA pan-cancer dataset, COL11A1 expression was significantly higher in BLCA, BRCA, CHOL, COAD, ESCA, HNSC, KIRC, LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, READ, STAD, THCA, and UCEC (Fig. 6B).