The results showed that DUSP9 was hypermethylated in a variety of cancers, such as colon adenocarcinoma (COAD), bladder urothelial carcinoma (BLCA), breast invasive carcinoma (BRCA), cervical squamous cell carcinoma and endocervical adenocarcinoma (CESC), lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD), pancreatic adenocarcinoma, etc. (Figure 2A). Here, DUSP9 is linked to cancer.