Previous studies have shown the normal balance of DMD gene products is disrupted in cancer and have linked Dp71 expression to tumorigenesis, but the findings are conflicting, with some suggesting it is oncogenic and others indicating a tumour‐suppressive role [2, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 18]. This evidence concerns the gene DMD and cancer.