The fascin expression levels in the healthy epithelial tissue were not associated with pT (P=0.90), pN (P=1.00) or pM (P=1.00) stage, smoking status (P=0.62), tumor grade (P=1.00), alcohol consumption (P=0.64), gender (P=0.40) or tumor localization (P=0.85). Here, FSCN1 is linked to neoplasm.