PANTR1 and hepatocellular carcinoma: So far, several studies have identified PANTR1 as an oncogenic driver in different types of cancer such as esophageal squamous cell cancer (eSCC) [39], glioma [23,25], hepatocellular carcinoma [20], cervical [40], colorectal [21], gastric [41], prostate [24] and breast cancer [42].