Summary statistical data were obtained from the corresponding genome-wide association studies (GWASs) to investigate the causal relationship between circulating VEGF and the risk of several cancers, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, anus and anal canal cancer, prostate cancer, esophageal cancer, kidney cancer, bladder cancer, thyroid cancer, malignant neoplasm of the brain and malignant neoplasm of the liver and intrahepatic bile ducts. Here, VEGFA is linked to colorectal cancer.