BDNF and plasma cell myeloma: BDNF has also been associated with several human cancers, both neuronal and non-neuronal, including: neuroblastoma [13], myeloma [14], ovarian [15,16], lung [17], prostate [18], hepato-cellular [19], pancreatic [20][21,22], head and neck squamous cell carcinomas [23] and pulmonary carcinoid tumours [24].