On the one hand, VEGFA and VEGFC expression portended worse outcomes in adenocarcinoma (P = 3 × 10− 6 and P = 2 × 10− 6 respectively), whereas the expression of resistin (RETN), which has been implicated in a wide variety of inflammatory processes [57], was associated with better survival (P = 8 × 10− 4). Here, RETN is linked to adenocarcinoma.