FOXM1 and cancer: As the FOXM1 and adamalysin-19 (ADAM19) have proved to play oncogenic roles in malignant tumors (Nandi et al., 2018; Wang et al., 2019a), the above-mentioned evidence proved the oncogenic function of the m6A demethylases ALKBH5 and FTO in enhancing self-renewal and tumorigenesis through the regulation of FOXM1 and ADAM19, respectively (Cui et al., 2017; Zhang S. et al., 2017).