GALECTINS AND THEIR LIGANDS HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED IN CELL TRANSFORMATION AND CANCER METASTASIS, AND FOUND TO HAVE PROGNOSTIC VALUE. MAC-2 BP, ALSO KNOWN AS 90K, IS A HIGHLY GLYCOSYLATED, SECRETED PROTEIN EXTENSIVELY STUDIED IN HUMAN CANCER, WHICH BINDS GALECTIN-1, GALECTIN-3 AND GALECTIN-7. HIGH EXPRESSION LEVELS OF 90K ARE ASSOCIATED WITH A SHORTER SURVIVAL, THE OCCURRENCE OF METASTASIS OR A REDUCED RESPONSE TO CHEMOTHERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF MALIGNANCY….