“…The c-Myc transcription factor is one of the most important somatically mutated oncogenes in human cancer and confers a selective advantage to cancer cells by promoting protein synthesis, proliferation, cell survival, differentiation, genetic instability, angiogenesis, hypoxia-mediated cancer progression, and metastasis (33,33,47,(62)(63)(64)(65)(66). Studies have shown that c-Myc up-regulates both eIF4E and eIF4G gene expression (58).…”