BCL2 and neoplasm: The bcl-2 protein is an inhibitor of apoptosis that has been recognized to play animportant role also in a wide range of other biological processes, among whichautophagy, DNA repair and drug resistance [21], [30]–[32].Recent studies, including ours, have demonstrated that bcl-2 also promotes tumourprogression and angiogenesis of different tumour histotypes [13], [16],[33],[34].