Aberrant activation of Shh signaling pathway has been implicated in several cancers such as pancreatic cancer, prostate, glioblastoma, squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, medulloblastoma, prostate cancer, colon cancer, rhabdomyosarcoma and breast cancer31, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40. Here, SHH is linked to prostate carcinoma.