Positive associations were observed between SST3 expression and patient age (rsp = 0.264, p = 0.003), tumour diameter (rsp = 0.358, p = 0.030) or T stage (τ = 0.371, p = 0.004), and between SST4 expression and patient age (rsp = 0.268, p = 0.030). This evidence concerns the gene SSTR4 and neoplasm.