BMAL1 and head and neck squamous cell carcinoma: On the other hand, deregulation of BMAL1 gene has been associated with various cancers such as breast, colorectal, prostate, pancreatic, ovarian cancers, HNSCC, B-cell lymphoma, pleural mesothelioma, acute lymphocytic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, and CML [56,71,75,82,83,84,85].