More recently, however, livin expression was also detected in various additional cancers, including leukaemias (Qiuping et al, 2004; Choi et al, 2007), bladder cancer (Gazzaniga et al, 2003), lung cancer (Tanabe et al, 2004; Hariu et al, 2005; Crnković-Mertens et al, 2006b), neuroblastoma (Kim et al, 2005), nasopharyngeal carcinoma (Xiang et al, 2006), astrocytoma (Liu et al, 2006), malignant pleural mesothelioma (Gordon et al, 2007), pancreatic cancer (Lopes et al, 2007), and renal cell carcinoma (RCC) (Crnković-Mertens et al, 2007). This evidence concerns the gene BIRC7 and hereditary clear cell renal cell carcinoma.