FNDC3B and neoplasm: Logistic regression analysis revealed that high FNDC3B expression was specifically associated with a poor lymph node status (N1vs.N0, 0.004), an advanced pathological stage (Stage II & Stage III & Stage IV vs. Stage I, 0.040), more prevalent among younger patients (> 65 vs. < 65, P = 0.007) and was correlated with positive residual tumor margin (R1 & R2 vs. R0, P = 0.031) while marginal correlated with a higher histological grade (Table 2).