%0 Journal Article %T A Review on Survivin as a Prognostic and Therapeutic Cancer Biomarker %A Amal Ahmed Ismail %J Open Journal of Pathology %P 15-23 %@ 2164-6783 %D 2018 %I Scientific Research Publishing %R 10.4236/ojpathology.2018.81002 %X Survivin is an antiapoptotic protein expressed in tumor cells that correlates with aggressiveness, prognosis and treatment. Objective: This review summarizes significance of survivin expression among different tumor types highlighting the potential value of survivin as an important biomarker that may have an impact on patient¡¯s response to therapy with prognostic implications. %K Survivin %K Prognostic Biomarker %K Cancer %K Antiapoptotic %U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=81540