These genes were reviewed to determine which were included in recently compiled lists of known cancer genes which are based on the results of recent large‐scale cancer genomics projects; eight genes (FHIT, LRIG1, FBXW7, CCNE1, STAG1, SEMA5B, PDZRN3, and HSPB8) were identified as known or candidate cancer genes from previous publications. This evidence concerns the gene HSPB8 and cancer.