Ushered in a major breakthrough in 2012, the new terminology ferroptosis was coined from nutrient consumption-induced cancer cell death and oxidation, the death of neurons yielding to the glutamate excitotoxin and inhibiting the amino acid antiporter solute carrier family 7 member 11 (SLC7A11/x CT/system Xc−) [26–29]. This evidence concerns the gene SLC7A11 and cancer.