SLC12A5 and neoplasm: Chi-square analysis revealed that the level of SLC12A5 in BUC tissues was only highly correlated with pN status (P=0.001) but not with age (P=0.975), gender (P=0.742), tumor size (P=0.781), tumor multiplicity (P=0.292), tumor grade (P=0.130) and pT status (P=0.079; Table 1).