No relationship between TUG1 expression and other factors, for example, sex (male, female), age (≤60, >60), histological grade (low or undiffer, moderate or high), lymph node metastasis (N0, N1 or above) or distant metastasis (M0, M1), was found in our study. The gene discussed is TUG1; the disease is metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.