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). Here, ELAVL1 is linked to nasopharyngeal carcinoma.