Moreover, a statistically significant correlation was found between the density of COX-2+ cancer cells and that of COX-2+ TAMs in the specimens from the high MUC2 expression group, and most of the COX-2+ cancer cells were detected in the regions near the COX-2+ TAMs (p=0.035, Pearson’s correlation analysis, Figure 4). The gene discussed is MUC2; the disease is cancer.