GALNT17 encodes an N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase that may play a role in membrane trafficking.68AUTS2 has been implicated in neurodevelopment,69 but AUTS2 overexpression in cancer has also been linked with resistance to chemotherapy and epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition.70 It has been postulated that overexpression of AUTS2 is specific for metastases,70 which may be consistent with the inconspicuous gene expression results in the TCGA database. This evidence concerns the gene AUTS2 and cancer.