CD24 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: In multivariate model 1, when CD44 and CD24 expression and age were forced into the model, only gender (male vs. female, aOR = 39.64, 95% CI: 1.85-848.44, P = 0.019), TNM stage (Stage III-IV vs. I-II, aOR = 9.63, 95% CI: 1.05-88.76, P = 0.046), and lymph node metastasis (Yes vs. No, aOR = 20.92, 95% CI: 1.20-365.55, P = 0.037) achieved a significance level allowing them to be retained in the multivariate logistic regression model.