However there was no difference between TAZ mRNA levels and patients' age (P = 0.374), gender (P = 0.696), tumor site (P = 0.069), lymph node metastasis (P = 0.899), p-TNM stage (P = 0.492), or histological grade (P = 0.375) (Table 3). This evidence concerns the gene WWTR1 and neoplasm.