FHOD1 expression is upregulated in many cancers including glioma, melanoma, squamous cell, gastric, and breast cancers (Jurmeister et al., 2012; Gardberg et al., 2013; Peippo et al., 2017; Heuser et al., 2020; Jiang et al., 2021). The gene discussed is FHOD1; the disease is cancer.