In recent years, AEG‐1 expression was found to be elevated and correlated with clinical tumour type, stage, metastasis and prognosis in a variety of cancers, including breast 9, lung 10, colorectal 11, cervical 12, 13, head and neck 14, hepatocellular 15 and gastric cancers 16, 17. Here, MTDH is linked to gastric cancer.