CEACAM5 and neoplasm: As presented in Table 1, no significant association was observed regarding sex, age, tumor location, CA199, or CEA; however, CXCL11 expression did correlate positively with T staging, N staging, TNM staging, and nerve invasion (p = 0.004, p = 0.048, p = 0.045, and p = 0.024, respectively).