FOXE3 and cancer: Members of the FOX protein family play important roles in a wide range of physiological and pathological processes including FOXE3 which has been shown to be involved in eye development [6], mutations in FOXP2 can cause speech and language disorders [7], mutations in FOXA1 have been linked to several cancers [8–10] and FOXM1 has emerged as a promising therapeutic target in cancer [10].