BIRC5 and neoplasm: Remarkably, increased survivin expression was observed in the most common human neoplasms, including oesophageal cancer, gastric cancer, colorectal carcinoma, non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer, neuroblastoma and lymphoma (Adida et al, 1998, 2000; Kawasaki et al, 1998; Lu et al, 1998; Monzo et al, 1999; Swana et al, 1999; Sarela et al, 2000; Kato et al, 2001).