Survivin is overexpressed in most human cancers including bladder (Swana et al, 1999), blood (Adida et al, 2000a,2000b), colon (Kawasaki et al, 1998; Sarela et al, 2000), liver (Ito et al, 2000), brain (Nakagawara, 1998; Islam et al, 2000a), lung (Monzo et al, 1999), pancreas (Satoh et al, 2001), prostate (Xing et al, 2001), and kidney (Takamizawa et al, 2001). Here, BIRC5 is linked to cancer.