EIF6 and cancer: eIF6 was found to be overexpressed in various cancer types, like colorectal cancer, ovarian serous carcinoma, acute promyelocytic leukemia, non-small cell lung cancer and in head and neck cancer (Golob-Schwarzl et al. 2017; Spilka et al. 2013; Parsyan et al. 2011; Gantenbein et al. 2018).