As a consequence of cancer-related studies, Cav-1 and -2 have been investigated as tumor prognostic markers for different types of cancers, mostly carcinomas (Sloan et al., 2009; Langeberg et al., 2010; Steffens et al., 2011; Zhan et al., 2012; Lobos-Gonzalez et al., 2014). Here, CAV1 is linked to cancer.