EEF1A2 and cancer: STn was reported to be over-expressed in several epithelial benign lesions considered to be potential precursors of cancers, such as esophageal dysplastic squamous epithelia [23], gastric intestinal metaplasia [42], colonic moderate dysplasia [43], lung atypical adematous hyperplasia [38], or breast ductal hyperplasia and apocrine metaplasia [40,44,45].