HOXB7 and neoplasm: Homeobox B7 (HOXB7), a member of the homeobox family abnormally overexpressed in a variety of solid tumors, plays an important role in proliferation, migration and invasion of tumor cells (Carè et al., 2001; Kanai et al., 2010; Chile et al., 2013; Heideman et al., 2015; He et al., 2017; Huan et al., 2017; Dai et al., 2019; Zhou et al., 2020).