PBK expression was positively correlated with the levels of BIRC5, CCNB1, CDC20, CDK1, DLGAP5, MAD2L1, MELK, PLK1, TOP2A, and TTK in 32 tumor types; and with the levels of the transcription factors E2F1 and MYC, which regulate apoptosis, the cell cycle, cell proliferation and invasion, tumorigenesis, and metastasis. The gene discussed is MYC; the disease is neoplasm.