FOXO3 was previously shown to function as a tumor suppressor regulating cell cycle arrest (Yusuf et al, 2004), apoptosis (Jonsson et al, 2005), and autophagy (Mammucari et al, 2007; Zhou et al, 2012; Gomez‐Puerto et al, 2016). The gene discussed is FOXO3; the disease is neoplasm.