Translationally controlled tumor protein (TCTP; also known as P21, P23, and fortilin) is implicated in various biological activities such as cell growth, cytoskeleton regulation (Gachet et al., 1999; Burgess et al., 2008; Tsarova et al., 2010), cell cycle (Brioudes et al., 2010), protein synthesis (Cans et al., 2003), apoptosis (Li et al., 2001; Liu et al., 2005; Yang et al., 2005), development (Chen et al., 2007; Hsu et al., 2007), and cancer (Tuynder et al., 2002, 2004; Rho et al., 2011). Here, TPT1 is linked to cancer.