LGALS3BP and neoplasm: Notably, significantly elevated expression of LGALS3BP in the serum or tumor tissue has been found to be associated with poor clinical outcome in patients with breast carcinoma [7, 8], hepatocellular carcinoma [9, 10], pleural mesothelioma [11], pancreatic carcinoma [12], non-small cell lung carcinoma [13] and neuroblastoma [14].