SOX4 and cancer: As shown in Figure 1a, compared with the adjacent normal tissues, the expression of SOX4 was markedly increased in 18 tumor types or specific cancer subtypes including BLCA, BRCA, CHOL, COAD, ESCA, GBM, HNSC-HPV+, HNSC, KIRP, LIHC, LUAD, LUSC, PCPG, PRAD, READ, STAD, THCA, and UCEC, but it was significantly decreased in KICH and KIRC.