The characteristics that had significant associations with survival status were tumor size (p = 0.001), TNM stage (p < 0.001), T classification (p = 0.02), lymph node metastasis (p < 0.001), distant metastasis (p < 0.001), vascular invasion (p < 0.001), lymphatic invasion (p < 0.001), and CtBP2 expression (p < 0.001). Here, CTBP2 is linked to neoplasm.