The expression of NF-κB was greatly increased when compared with normal (2 out of 14, P=0.0001), benign control groups (18 out of 37, P=0.013), FTC (1 out of 10, P=0.0001) and tumour-adjacent tissue (1 out of 30, P=0.0001). Here, NFKB1 is linked to neoplasm.