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CENP-H overexpression is positively correlated with a poor prognosis, pathological stage, T stage, and lymph node metastasis in patients with the above carcinomas. CENP-H can promote cancer growth and metastasis through PI3K\/AKT, survivin, and mitochondrial apoptosis signaling mechanisms, and it can be regulated by long non-coding ribonucleic acid (lncRNA) plasmacytoma variant translocation 1 (PVT1)\/miR-612, Sp1, or Sp3. This review aims to summarize the expression of CENP-H, the relationship between CENP-H expression and prognostic features, growth and metastasis of cancer in patients, as well as the mechanism of CENP-H in cancer. 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