MTUS1 and neoplasm: These observations showed that MTUS1/ATIP down-regulation was associated with pT (p =0.01), clinical stages (p = 0.0001), histological grading (p = 0.017), vital status (p =0.048), recurrence (p = 0.022), tumor site (p = 0.02) as well as the presence of distant metastasis (p = 0.005).