TYMP and cancer: Increased TP expression, compared to normal tissue, was found in breast (Moghaddam et al, 1995), bladder (O'Brien et al, 1995, 1996), gastric (Takebayashi et al, 1996a), colorectal (Takebayashi et al, 1996b), lung (Giatromanolaki et al, 1998) cancer and several other tumours in numerous histochemical studies.