The Spearman correlations between TTE and the mean target percentage of fibrosis, necrosis, acellular mucin, and viable tumour cells were 0.43 (p < 0.001), -0.22 (p = 0.036), 0.02 (p = 0.84), and -0.05 (p = 0.63), respectively. This evidence concerns the gene MUC5AC and neoplasm.