In the field of cancer research, YTHDF2 had been found to greatly participate in the development of various cancers, including bladder cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), gastric cancer, breast cancer, osteosarcoma, cervical cancer, prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and so on. This evidence concerns the gene YTHDF2 and familial pancreatic carcinoma.