As illustrated in previous studies, ferritinophagy‐related genes have been confirmed as the indispensable pre‐requisite for both cancer progression and tumour cell proliferation98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 119; here, we mainly focus on clarifying the new discoveries on the interplay between NCOA4 and FTH in various types of cancer. The gene discussed is FTH1; the disease is neoplasm.