It is showed in logistic regression analysis that nuclear maspin expression related to clinical stage of cervical cancer and lymphatic metastasis (P < 0.01, P < 0.05, respectively) (Table 4), while cytoplasmic maspin expression only related to the latter (P < 0.05) (Table 5) without association with clinical stage, invasive depth and histological grade (P > 0.05). The gene discussed is SERPINB5; the disease is cervical carcinoma.