MAP3K20 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: Univariate analysis revealed that TNM stage (P < 0.001), depth of invasion (P = 0.021), lymph node metastasis (P = 0.030), distant metastasis (P = 0.014) and MLK7-AS1 expression levels (P = 0.001) were significantly correlated with OS (Table 2).