EGFR and cancer: On the other hand, formulations with the plants of peppermint (or their respective active compounds) should serve as a starting point for further research and laboratory studies to justify their future use in the treatments of cancer, and even with complementary actions to their medical products [278,279], due to their evidence in the regulation of the expression of some oncogenes, encompassing the epidermal growth factor receptor, promoting the apoptosis, and suppressing the activity of Topoisomerase I to inhibit gene expression in cancer cells, among others [279].