SELENBP1 and neoplasm: Even though some researchers noted the reduction of SBP1 is likely to occur in the later stages of tumor development in gastric carcinoma[24] and SBP1 levels were shown a trend toward a progressive loss with increasing tumor size in the case of uterine leiomyomas.[25] But we just observed that the change in SELENBP1 expression occurs in the stage of tumorigenesis and no further changes occur with the progress of the cancer.