MUC16 and neoplasm: In all, 31 matched adjacent tissues showed a decrease in MUC16 expression (54.4%) (NCT and non-NCT: M = 7.02; matched adjacent: M = 1), and 10 increased in MUC16 expression (17.5%) (NCT and non-NCT: M = 1.5; matched adjacent: M = 5.3) compared to the matched NCT or non-NCT primary tumor tissue.