We found that there is a mild negative correlation between BMP7 expression (52% homology with gbb) and CHORDIN (CHRD, 40% homology with Sog) in cancers commonly associated with cachexia as well as non‐cachectic cancers (Appendix Fig S3), where the correlation is slightly strongly in the cachexia‐related cancers. The gene discussed is CHRD; the disease is cancer.