Compared with normal tissues, SCD1 expression was upregulated in most types of cancer including bladder urothelial carcinoma, cervical squamous cell carcinoma, colon adenocarcinoma, esophageal carcinoma, head and neck squamous cell carcinoma, kidney chromophobe, kidney renal clear cell carcinoma, kidney renal papillary cell carcinoma, and stomach adenocarcinoma. This evidence concerns the gene SCD and cancer.