BSG and squamous cell carcinoma: These results are in accordance with recent studies reporting that CD147 expression levels were significantly associated with nodal status in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) [53], with cervical lymph node metastasis and invasion depth in cervical cancer [25] and with squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue at invasive stage, increasing the risk of cervical lymph node metastasis [54].