Specifically, SLC38A2 is overexpressed in eight types of cancer which include BLCA (p < 0.05), COAD (p < 0.001), ESCA (p < 0.05), HNSC (p < 0.001), KIRC (p < 0.001), KIRP (p < 0.05), LUSC (p < 0.001), and STAD (p < 0.001). This evidence concerns the gene SLC38A2 and cancer.