VCAN and neoplasm: In monocytes, VCAN expression was higher in adjacent tissue samples than tumor samples (P value-adj = 9.99E − 84) (Figure 8(f)); ANGPT2 was not highly expressed in immune cells of tumor samples or adjacent tissue samples (Figure 8(g)); MS4A4A was highly expressed in monocytes of tumor samples (P value-adj = 1.02E − 14).