Recently, we found highly elevated FGF5 expression also in 2 of 9 cell lines from malignant pleural mesothelioma [12], an asbestos exposure-related malignancy where FGFR1 expression is strongly associated with malignant growth and where FGF/FGFR-targeting treatment strategies are explored in clinical trials [12, 33, 34]. Here, FGFR1 is linked to malignant pleural mesothelioma.