Indeed, Chr9q LOH is frequently observed in certain types of cancer (Hirao et al., 2005; Yizhak et al., 2019; Jakubek et al., 2020), and the gene BRINP1 (a.k.a. DBCCR1 or DBC1) at Chr9q33.1 as well as the microRNA miR-181a2/181b2 at Chr9q33.3 are frequently deleted or hypermethylated in cancer (Izumi et al., 2005; Mei et al., 2017). The gene discussed is BRINP1; the disease is cancer.