Finally, higher levels of tumors bearing HOXB7 positive-staining was also found to be correlated with Lauren classification, invasion depth (T Grade), and lymphatic metastasis (N Grade) (P<0.05, Table 1), but were not associated with age, sex, location, and histological type of GC (P>0.05, Table 1). The gene discussed is HOXB7; the disease is gastric cancer.