FOXM1, a transcription activator pivotal for orchestrating the expression of cell cycle genes crucial in mitosis (Fu et al. 2008; Littler et al. 2010), has also been identified as an oncogenic factor, triggering DNA damage repair, proliferation and migration of gastric cancer cells (Tan et al. 2023; Zhang et al. 2018b). The gene discussed is FOXM1; the disease is gastric cancer.