FN1 plays a critical role in the development of ovarian (Liang et al., 2020), thyroid (Geng et al., 2021), renal (Waalkes et al., 2010), cervical (Zhou et al., 2019a), breast (Huang et al., 2022), and gastric cancers (Han et al., 2020). The gene discussed is FN1; the disease is gastric cancer.