Such lymph node metastasis is the most common type of metastasis in gastric cancer patients and is directly linked with patient prognosis.38 With respect to the relationship between TGFβ2 and DFS in gastric cancer, N stage exhibited the highest HR (HR = 4.22 (1.56–11.44, P = .0020), suggesting that TGFβ2 expression has the potential to influence gastric cancer patient prognosis via influencing lymph node metastasis in these individuals. This evidence concerns the gene TGFB2 and gastric cancer.