Then, we also explore the clinical significance of KTN1-AS1 in our cohort, finding that high expression of KTN1-AS1 was associated with TNM stage (p = 0.0029), Histological grade (p= 0.012) and lymph node metastasis (p = 0.020) (Table 1). This evidence concerns the gene KTN1 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.