Equally important, the link between ZBP1 expression levels and tumor growth and metastasis (Stöhr and Hüttelmaier, 2012, Bell et al., 2013) identifies the protein as both a potential diagnostic tool (Bell et al., 2015) and a possible target for improving the outcome of lung and colon cancer (Maizels et al., 2015, Davidson et al., 2014). The gene discussed is ZBP1; the disease is neoplasm.