FGFR2 and FGFR3 have also been implicated in cancers such as bladder cancer, and inhibitors are being investigated as potential cancer therapeutics (Turner & Grose, 2010; Brooks, Kilgour & Smith, 2012; Daniele et al., 2012; Dieci et al., 2013). This evidence concerns the gene FGFR2 and cancer.