However, there was a higher level of sortilin staining intensity in adenocarcinoma (OR 1.05 (1.03–1.07, p < 0.001) and small cell (OR 1.18 (1.06–1.31, p = 0.002) when compared to benign pathology in a multivariate logistic regression model. Here, SORT1 is linked to adenocarcinoma.