As shown in the table, ZNF460 expression level was significantly associated with the increased depth of invasion (P<0.05), increased lymph node metastasis (P<0.05), distant metastasis (P<0.05), high CA19-9 level (U/ml) (P<0.05) and TNM stage (P<0.05). Here, ZNF460 is linked to metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.