The growing evidence for a prominent role of lipids in tumor growth, together with the fact that human SCD-1, and more recently also SCD-5, have been found expressed and associated with the malignancy of the disease [31,42], prompted us to analyze if the expression of c-Myc correlates with increased levels of SCD-1 or SCD-5 in tumors with higher prognosis of tumorigenesis. The gene discussed is SCD5; the disease is neoplasm.