Alterations in the expression of m6A writers (i.e. METTL3 and METTL14), erasers (i.e. FTO) or readers (i.e. YTHDC2 and YTHDF1), for example, are associated with tumor-suppressive or tumor-promoting scenarios (Blanco et al., 2016; Cui et al., 2017; Jin et al., 2019; Nombela et al., 2021). The gene discussed is YTHDF1; the disease is neoplasm.