FOXA1 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: Furthermore, Cox-regression analysis including the following parameters: FOXA1 expression, TNM-stage, pT-stage, lymph-node metastasis, and histological type showed that only FOXA1 expression is an independent factor for OS, while TNM stage, histological type, and FOXA1 expression are independent factors for DFS (Tables 3(a) and 3(b)).