SLC2A5 and cancer: Notably, increased abundance of SLC2A5 mRNA and protein in cancer cells is associated with cancer progression, increased frequency of metastasis, and an unfavorable prognosis for many cancers (Zamora-Leon et al., 1996; Chen et al., 2016; Bu et al., 2018; Hamann et al., 2018; Weng et al., 2018; Jin et al., 2019; Lin et al., 2021).