SYK and cancer: Other pro-survival functions of Syk include anti-apoptosis (Geahlen 2014; Krisenko and Geahlen 2015), cancer cell growth and survival (Prinos et al. 2011; Udyavar et al. 2013; Fei et al. 2013), migration and dissemination (Luangdilok et al. 2007; Ghotra et al. 2015; Katz et al. 2005; Krisenko and Geahlen 2015).