Similarly, high expression of NLK was positively correlated with tumor size (p<0.001), lymph node metastasis (p<0.001), UICC stage (p=0.009), CA19-9 value (p=0.03), and vascular invasion (p=0.04) (Table 2). The gene discussed is NLK; the disease is metastatic malignant neoplasm in the lymph nodes.