ADAMTSL2 and neoplasm: ADAMTSL2 expression was found to be significantly associated with the pathologic N stage (p < 0.001), pathologic stage (p < 0.001), age (p < 0.001), histological type (p < 0.001), and neoplasm type (p = 0.001) in patients with CRC (S1, S2 Tables and Fig 2).