MMP12 and cervical carcinoma: Elevated expression of MMP-12 was reported to be associated with cancer malignancy in non-small cell lung cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, cutaneous melanoma, and cervical carcinoma (Hofmann et al. 2005; Ng et al. 2011; Vazquez-Ortiz et al. 2005; Zhang et al. 2015).