Given that ADNP was found to be an essential gene for cancer cell line viability specifically in those cell lines with a gene expression profile associated with poor prognosis as illustrated in Fig. 3c (p = 0.02, r = −0.4) we next examined the effect of ADNP on tumour cell proliferation and growth in order to begin to investigate the mechanisms by which ADNP affects HGSOC genesis and progression. Here, ADNP is linked to neoplasm.