The slow growing tumors developed after the subcutaneous (s.c.)implantation of wild type, or EV-DU145 cells, reached, 71 days later, a mean tumor volume (MTV) that was smaller than that of IL30-overexpressing DU145 tumors (1.639 ± 0.397 cm3 and 1.646 ± 0.340 cm3 vs 2.552 ± 0.421 cm3; ANOVA, p < 0.0001; Tukey HSD test, p < 0.01 vs both controls. Here, IL27 is linked to neoplasm.