Of the 226 CXCL14-positive CRC cases, 8 were in Stage I (submucosa invasion), 83 in Stage II (subserosal invasion), 127 in Stage III (lymph node metastasis) and 8 in Stage IV (distant metastasis); and 57 were well-differentiated, 140 moderately and 29 poorly differentiated. This evidence concerns the gene CXCL14 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.