EZR and neoplasm: In light of the significant associations of ezrin expression with female sex, the distribution of grade and T-stage according to sex was aslo analyzed, whereby it was found that grade did not differ by sex in neither cohort and that the distribution of T-stages was equal in both sexes in cohort I, but not in cohort II, where stage II-IV tumours were more common in women (p = 0.030).