BACH1 and neoplasm: BTB domain and CNC homology 1 (BACH1), a member of the Cap ‘n’ Collar and basic region leucine zipper family of transcription factors, plays several key roles in the oxidative stress response, heme homeostasis, senescence, tumor progression, and metastasis (Zhang et al, 2018; Ou et al, 2019; Sato et al, 2020).