LGALS9 and neoplasm: In addition, the high expression of galectin-9 is also related to the right colon (mean: 1.348 (right) vs. 0.989 (left); p = 0.0274), earlier T stage (mean: 1.838(T1-2) vs. 1.072(T3-4); p = 0.0054), N stage (mean: 1.422(N0) vs. 0.892(N1-2); p = 0.0009) and TNM stage (mean: 1.442(I-II) vs. 0.8918(III-IV); p = 0.0009) but not to vascular invasion (mean:1.176(positive) vs. 1.139(negative); p = 0.8797), perineural invasion (mean: 1.629(positive) vs. 1.118(negative); p = 0.1679) or tumor budding (mean: 1.289(positive) vs. 1.133(negative); p = 0.6378).