Moreover, our epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition (EMT) analysis revealed a consistent inverse association between PEBP1/STK11 co-expression and EMT marker genes, including SNAI1, SNAI2, FOXC2, ZEB1, and FN1, across most cancer types examined, thus underscoring a uniform anti-EMT signature. This evidence concerns the gene ZEB1 and cancer.