A role for PATZ1 has been demonstrated in various malignancies such as thyroid and testicular cancer (Fedele et al., 2008 ▸, 2017 ▸; Valentino, Palmieri, Vitiello, Pierantoni et al., 2013 ▸; Chiappetta et al., 2015 ▸; Vitiello et al., 2016 ▸; Monaco et al., 2018 ▸). This evidence concerns the gene PATZ1 and testicular cancer.