In the study, we found that USP7 inhibition by three inhibitors: HBX4418 [45], P5091 [41], and FT671 [12] dramatically upregulates USP22 in cancer cells through transcriptional mechanisms, and given the critical role of USP22 in carcinogenesis and anticancer response, we propose that the upregulated USP22 may represent a critical side-effects of USP7 inhibition. Here, USP22 is linked to cancer.