Compared to normal tissues, the level of ELAVL1 protein is elevated in various types of cancer, including nasopharyngeal carcinoma(Tian et al. 2023), breast cancer(Heinonen et al. 2011), prostate cancer(Mitsunari et al. 2016), and pancreatic cancer(Richards et al. 2010). This evidence concerns the gene ELAVL1 and cancer.