CDK16 and cancer: Additionally, a comparative analysis between tumor tissues and adjacent normal tissues revealed that CDK16 was overexpressed in 15 cancer types, specifically BLCA, BRCA, CHOL, COAD, UCEC, ESCA, THCA, HNSC, READ, LUAD, LIHC, PRAD, STAD, LUSC, and KICH, while it showed lower expression in KIRC, as illustrated in Figure 2A–2P.