LGALS3 and metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes: To sum up, galectins -1, -3, -4, -8, and -9 are mostly upregulated in ovarian carcinomas (78.6%, 92.9%, 66.1%, 87.5%, and 85.7% respectively), and galectins -3 and -9 are significantly high in lymph node metastasis (p = 0.044 and p = 0.011).