In addition, VDR expression was up-regulated in 12 types of human cancers including BRCA, CESC, CHOL, ESCA, HNSC, KICH, LIHC, LUAD, OV, STAD, THCA, and UCEC The heterogeneity may be due to a relatively small number of normal tissues or different mechanisms of VDR in various tumors. This evidence concerns the gene VDR and cancer.