The PI3K/Akt cell signaling cascade is commonly activated in many types of cancers, regulating cell survival, differentiation, proliferation, and apoptosis (Janku et al., 2012), and the inhibition of Akt phosphorylation has been deemed as a feasible strategy for the therapeutic treatment against human cancers (Hong et al., 2014; Liu et al., 2014). The gene discussed is AKT1; the disease is cancer.